Vaal in numbers
- Coordinates
- -26.7667, 27.9500
- Region
- Free State
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1196 km away
What time is it in Vaal, Free State, South Africa
This page carries the current local time for Vaal, Free State, South Africa, in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Vaal, South Africa
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Vaal
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Vaal.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:32 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 6:17 PM Daylight 12 h 45 min Night 11 h 15 min Civil twilight 5:08 AM – 6:41 PM
Weather in Vaal right now
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Vaal and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 3782 Richmond — 7.6 km away
- 1940 Bedworth Park — 8.6 km away
- 1944 Vereeniging — 11.2 km away
- 1943 Vereeniging — 11.2 km away
- 1942 Vereeniging — 11.2 km away
- 1941 Vereeniging — 11.2 km away
- 1939 Vereeniging — 11.2 km away
- 1937 Vereeniging — 11.2 km away
- 1936 Vereeniging — 11.2 km away
- 1935 Vereeniging — 11.2 km away
- 1934 Vereeniging — 11.2 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
- Bertha Shaft Village — 1.7 km
- Viljoensdrif — 4.7 km
- Richmond — 8.2 km
- Bedworth Park — 9.7 km
- Vaalpark — 10.0 km
- Vereeniging — 10.7 km
Time and daylight in Vaal
The clock reading for Vaal covers nearby Bertha Shaft Village and Viljoensdrif as well.
Vaal contains 11 postal codes.
In Vaal the time zone is Africa/Johannesburg and the offset is UTC+2. Daylight saving time used: No.
The sun rises today at 5:32 AM in Vaal and sets at 6:17 PM. Daylight covers 12 h 45 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone should be selected for Vaal?
- Select Africa/Johannesburg for Vaal; the offset is +2.
- Is there a seasonal clock change in Vaal?
- No.
- At what time is the sun rising in Vaal?
- The sun is rising at 5:32 AM.