Ratlau in numbers
- Coordinates
- -29.2082, 26.8311
- Region
- Free State
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 938 km away
What time is it in Ratlau, Free State, South Africa
The clock for Ratlau, Free State, South Africa is kept here in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Ratlau, South Africa
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Ratlau
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Ratlau.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:18 AM Solar noon 11:57 AM Sunset 6:37 PM Daylight 13 h 18 min Night 10 h 42 min Civil twilight 4:53 AM – 7:02 PM
Weather in Ratlau right now
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Ratlau and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9783 Ga-Rapulana — 0.6 km away
- 9784 Thaba Nchu — 1.0 km away
- 9790 Thaba Nchu — 1.0 km away
- 9781 Bloemfontein — 9.9 km away
- 9782 Botshabelo — 9.9 km away
- 9785 Botshabelo — 9.9 km away
- 9788 Botshabelo — 9.9 km away
- 9789 Botshabelo — 9.9 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
- Thaba Nchu — 0.8 km
- Mokwena — 1.7 km
- Selosesha — 1.8 km
- Motlala — 3.5 km
- Bultfontein Number Three — 3.6 km
- Motlatla — 3.7 km
About the time in Ratlau
Postal numbering in Ratlau covers 8 codes.
Ratlau uses the Africa/Johannesburg time zone with a UTC+2 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: No.
In Ratlau, first light arrives at 5:18 AM and the sun goes down at 6:37 PM. The day holds 13 h 18 min of light.
Same time, different place: Thaba Nchu and Mokwena near Ratlau.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Ratlau observe?
- Ratlau observes Africa/Johannesburg, whose offset is +2.
- Does Ratlau switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Ratlau: No.
- When does the sun go down in Ratlau?
- Sunset in Ratlau is at 6:37 PM.