Welkom in numbers
- Coordinates
- -27.9774, 26.7351
- Population
- 431 944
- Region
- Free State
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1017 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Welkom, Free State, South Africa
Check the current local time in Welkom, Free State, South Africa, which sits in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Welkom, South Africa
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Welkom
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Welkom keeps Africa/Johannesburg clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:23 AM Solar noon 11:58 AM Sunset 6:32 PM Daylight 13 h 09 min Night 10 h 51 min Civil twilight 4:59 AM – 6:57 PM
Weather in Welkom right now
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Welkom and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9438
- 9459
- 9460
- 9462
- 9463
- 9465
- 9466
- 9467
- 9468
- 9469
- 9470
- 9471
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
- Botshabelo 309 714
- Sasolburg 135 828
- Virginia 122 502
- Kroonstad 117 152
- Kutloanong 95 008
Other places named Welkom
- Welkom Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
- Welkom KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Welkom Free State, South Africa
- Welkom Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Welkom Limpopo, South Africa
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
- Bedelia — 2.1 km
- Dagbreek — 2.3 km
- Naudeville — 2.8 km
- Flamingo Park — 2.8 km
- Reitzpark — 3.4 km
- Bedelia West — 5.2 km
Welkom: clock, sun and surroundings
Neighbours of Welkom such as Bedelia and Dagbreek share its clock.
Addressing within Welkom draws on 12 postal codes.
In Welkom the time zone is Africa/Johannesburg and the offset is UTC+2. Daylight saving time used: No.
Today in Welkom, daylight opens at 5:23 AM and closes at 6:32 PM. That span measures 13 h 09 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone covers Welkom?
- Welkom is covered by the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, with an offset of +2.
- Is daylight saving time used in Welkom?
- No.
- Sunset in Welkom is at what time?
- At 6:32 PM.