Alexandra in numbers
- Coordinates
- -26.1053, 28.0988
- Population
- 179 624
- Region
- Gauteng
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1259 km away
- Same name
- 10 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa
Find out what time it is now in Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa — the local clock runs on Africa/Johannesburg (+2).
Alexandra, South Africa
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Alexandra
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Alexandra.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:18 AM Solar noon 11:52 AM Sunset 6:27 PM Daylight 13 h 09 min Night 10 h 51 min Civil twilight 4:53 AM – 6:51 PM
Weather in Alexandra right now
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Alexandra and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 4147 Pinetown — 1.5 km away
- 2196 Strathavon — 3.3 km away
- 2116 Johannesburg — 4.1 km away
- 4142 Marianhill — 4.4 km away
- 2191 Four Ways — 4.4 km away
- 4309 Durban — 5.0 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 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 Alexandra
- Alexandra Otago, New Zealand
- Alexandra Victoria, Australia
- Alexandra Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Alexandra Queensland, Australia
- Alexandra Central Macedonia, Greece
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
- Bedford Gardens — 9.8 km
- Kensington — 9.9 km
- Vrededorp — 10.6 km
- Newclare — 10.6 km
- Hillbrow — 10.6 km
- Malvern — 10.9 km
Time and daylight in Alexandra
A total of 6 postal codes belong to Alexandra.
Time zone for Alexandra: Africa/Johannesburg, running at UTC+2. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
The sun shows itself over Alexandra at 5:18 AM and sets at 6:27 PM today. That is 13 h 09 min of light.
The hour in Alexandra is the hour in Bedford Gardens and Kensington as well.
Questions and answers
- Is Alexandra in a specific time zone?
- Yes, Alexandra is in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, with an offset of +2.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Alexandra?
- No.
- What is the local sunrise time in Alexandra?
- Local sunrise is 5:18 AM.