Philippolis in numbers
- Coordinates
- -30.2656, 25.2743
- Population
- 4 370
- Region
- Free State
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 747 km away
What time is it in Philippolis, Free State, South Africa
The reading below is the local time in Philippolis, Free State, South Africa, taken from the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
Philippolis, South Africa
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Philippolis
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Philippolis.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:40 AM Solar noon 12:05 PM Sunset 6:31 PM Daylight 12 h 51 min Night 11 h 09 min Civil twilight 5:15 AM – 6:55 PM
Weather in Philippolis right now
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Philippolis and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9970
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
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
- Waterkloof — 5.4 km
- Kommetjesfontein — 35.3 km
- Vredevlei — 40.8 km
- Swartkoppies — 41.1 km
- Springfontein — 41.3 km
- Oranjekrag — 42.1 km
Philippolis: clock, sun and surroundings
Philippolis sits in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, which runs at UTC+2. Daylight saving time: No.
Philippolis sees first light at 5:40 AM today and the sun sets at 6:31 PM. Daylight totals 12 h 51 min.
Travelling from Philippolis to Waterkloof or Kommetjesfontein does not change the hour.
1 postal code divide Philippolis.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Philippolis?
- The correct time zone for Philippolis is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Philippolis?
- No.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Philippolis?
- Sunrise is at 5:40 AM and sunset at 6:31 PM.