Grootfontein in numbers
- Coordinates
- -29.6335, 26.2969
- Region
- Free State
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 868 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Grootfontein, Free State, South Africa
You can see the current local time of Grootfontein, Free State, South Africa on this page, in the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
Grootfontein, South Africa
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Grootfontein
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Grootfontein keeps Africa/Johannesburg clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:20 AM Solar noon 12:00 PM Sunset 6:39 PM Daylight 13 h 20 min Night 10 h 40 min Civil twilight 4:54 AM – 7:05 PM
Weather in Grootfontein right now
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Grootfontein and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 2920 Wasbank — 12.5 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Free State
- Bloemfontein 556 637
- Welkom 431 944
- Botshabelo 309 714
- Sasolburg 135 828
- Virginia 122 502
- Kroonstad 117 152
Other places named Grootfontein
- Grootfontein Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
- Grootfontein Hardap Region, Namibia
- Grootfontein Free State, South Africa
- Grootfontein Western Cape, South Africa
Same time zone — Africa/Johannesburg
- Johannesburg South Africa
- Cape Town South Africa
- Durban South Africa
- Pretoria South Africa
- Soweto South Africa
- Gqeberha South Africa
Nearby places
- Diefontein — 2.1 km
- Grootwater — 2.7 km
- Kroonspruit — 2.7 km
- Annex — 4.4 km
- Spitskop — 5.1 km
- Grootverlang — 5.6 km
Grootfontein: clock, sun and surroundings
Daylight in Grootfontein today runs from 5:20 AM to 6:39 PM. The stretch measures 13 h 20 min.
The time given for Grootfontein holds for nearby Diefontein and Kroonspruit too.
The area of Grootfontein is divided into 1 postal code.
The zone covering Grootfontein is called Africa/Johannesburg and stands at UTC+2. Seasonal clock changes apply: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone covers Grootfontein?
- Grootfontein is covered by the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, with an offset of +2.
- Do clocks in Grootfontein shift for daylight saving time?
- No.
- Please give the sunrise time for Grootfontein.
- The sun rises at 5:20 AM.