Benoni in numbers
- Coordinates
- -26.1885, 28.3208
- Population
- 605 344
- Region
- Gauteng
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1268 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
Watch the current local time in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa, running on the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Benoni, South Africa
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Benoni
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Benoni, Gauteng.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:20 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 6:23 PM Daylight 13 h 03 min Night 10 h 57 min Civil twilight 4:56 AM – 6:47 PM
Weather in Benoni right now
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Benoni and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 1501
- 1502
- 1503
- 1504
- 1505
- 1506
- 1507
- 1508
- 1509
- 1511
- 1514
- 1515
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
- Thembisa 511 655
Other places named Benoni
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
- Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality — 1.4 km
- Ekurhuleni — 1.4 km
- Farrarmere — 2.8 km
- Lakefield — 3.3 km
- Northmead — 3.3 km
- Rynsoord — 3.3 km
About the time in Benoni
A total of 12 postal codes belong to Benoni.
Benoni is served by the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, offset UTC+2. Daylight saving time applies: No.
At Benoni the sun clears the horizon at 5:20 AM and sinks again at 6:23 PM. The gap between them is 13 h 03 min.
For nearby Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and Ekurhuleni, use the time shown for Benoni.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is local to Benoni?
- The time zone local to Benoni is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Do people in Benoni set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Benoni: No.
- What time is sunrise in Benoni?
- It is 5:20 AM.