Platrand in numbers
- Coordinates
- -29.1675, 26.6233
- Region
- Free State
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 924 km away
What time is it in Platrand, Free State, South Africa
This page displays how late it is in Platrand, Free State, South Africa, in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Platrand, South Africa
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Platrand
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Platrand keeps Africa/Johannesburg clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:19 AM Solar noon 11:58 AM Sunset 6:37 PM Daylight 13 h 18 min Night 10 h 42 min Civil twilight 4:54 AM – 7:02 PM
Weather in Platrand right now
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Platrand and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9781 Bloemfontein — 12.9 km away
- 9782 Botshabelo — 12.9 km away
- 9785 Botshabelo — 12.9 km away
- 9788 Botshabelo — 12.9 km away
- 9789 Botshabelo — 12.9 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
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
- Sannaspos — 7.1 km
- Botshabelo-J — 9.0 km
- Tevrede — 9.9 km
- Botshabelo H — 10.4 km
- Botshabelo-W — 10.8 km
- Botshabelo G — 11.0 km
Time and daylight in Platrand
There are 5 postal code zones in Platrand.
Clocks across Platrand run on Africa/Johannesburg at UTC+2. Daylight saving time: No.
The sun is up at 5:19 AM in Platrand and down again at 6:37 PM. Between those times there are 13 h 18 min of daylight.
The same hours are kept in Platrand and in nearby Sannaspos and Botshabelo-J.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Platrand?
- Choose Africa/Johannesburg for Platrand, with an offset of +2.
- Does Platrand keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Platrand: No.
- How do I know when the sun rises in Platrand?
- Sunrise there is at 5:19 AM.