Harrismith in numbers
- Coordinates
- -28.2728, 29.1295
- Population
- 33 390
- Region
- Free State
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1181 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Harrismith, Free State, South Africa
See what time it currently is in Harrismith, Free State, South Africa — the time zone there is Africa/Johannesburg (+2).
Harrismith, South Africa
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Harrismith
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Harrismith.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:27 AM Solar noon 11:50 AM Sunset 6:13 PM Daylight 12 h 46 min Night 11 h 14 min Civil twilight 5:03 AM – 6:37 PM
Weather in Harrismith right now
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Harrismith and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 3372
- 9880
- 9882
- 9883
- 9885
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 Harrismith
- Harrismith Western Australia, Australia
- Harrismith Saint Philip, Barbados
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
- Bergsig — 1.4 km
- 42nd Hill — 5.6 km
- Kratzenstein — 11.9 km
- Maluti A Phofung — 12.2 km
- Tshiame — 15.0 km
- Tweefontein — 16.6 km
Harrismith: clock, sun and surroundings
Harrismith falls within Africa/Johannesburg, which places it UTC+2 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: No.
The sun rises at 5:27 AM above Harrismith and sets at 6:13 PM today. Daylight lasts about 12 h 46 min.
The clock does not change between Harrismith, Bergsig and 42nd Hill.
Mail delivery in Harrismith relies on 5 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Harrismith?
- Harrismith uses the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, which has an offset of +2.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Harrismith?
- No.
- When does the sun go down in Harrismith?
- Sunset in Harrismith is at 6:13 PM.