Alberton in numbers
- Coordinates
- -26.2679, 28.1222
- Population
- 121 536
- Region
- Gauteng
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1248 km away
- Same name
- 9 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alberton, Gauteng, South Africa
This page shows, minute by minute, the local time in Alberton, Gauteng, South Africa, in the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
Alberton, South Africa
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Alberton
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Alberton.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:17 AM Solar noon 11:52 AM Sunset 6:27 PM Daylight 13 h 10 min Night 10 h 50 min Civil twilight 4:53 AM – 6:51 PM
Weather in Alberton right now
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Alberton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 1447
- 1448
- 1449
- 1451
- 1452
- 1453
- 1454
- 1455
- 1456
- 1457
- 1458
- 1481
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 Gauteng
- Johannesburg 9 418 183
- Pretoria 2 112 693
- Soweto 1 695 047
- Soshanguve 872 309
- Evaton 725 468
- Benoni 605 344
Other places named Alberton
- Alberton South Australia, Australia
- Alberton Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Alberton Queensland, Australia
- Alberton Montana, United States
- Alberton Victoria, Australia
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
- South Crest — 2.0 km
- Randhart — 2.8 km
- Alberton North — 3.2 km
- Electron — 4.0 km
- South Hills — 4.1 km
- Alrode — 4.6 km
Local time details for Alberton
The horizon brightens over Alberton at 5:17 AM, and the sun sets at 6:27 PM. Daylight runs 13 h 10 min.
Nearby South Crest and Randhart need no separate clock from Alberton.
Alberton is mapped by 12 postal codes.
The zone covering Alberton is called Africa/Johannesburg and stands at UTC+2. Seasonal clock changes apply: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Alberton?
- Alberton uses the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, which has an offset of +2.
- Is there a spring or autumn clock change in Alberton?
- Daylight saving in Alberton: No.
- What is the local sunset time in Alberton?
- Local sunset is 6:27 PM.