Electron in numbers
- Coordinates
- -26.2411, 28.0961
- Region
- Gauteng
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1248 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Electron, Gauteng, South Africa
Right now in Electron, Gauteng, South Africa the local time is the one shown here, in the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
Electron, South Africa
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Electron
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Electron keeps Africa/Johannesburg clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:22 AM Solar noon 11:52 AM Sunset 6:23 PM Daylight 13 h 00 min Night 11 h 00 min Civil twilight 4:58 AM – 6:47 PM
Weather in Electron right now
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Electron and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 1451 Alberton — 3.8 km away
- 1481 Alberton — 3.8 km away
- 1458 Alberton — 3.8 km away
- 1457 Alberton — 3.8 km away
- 1456 Alberton — 3.8 km away
- 1455 Alberton — 3.8 km away
- 1454 Alberton — 3.8 km away
- 1449 Alberton — 3.8 km away
- 1453 Alberton — 3.8 km away
- 1452 Alberton — 3.8 km away
- 1448 Alberton — 3.8 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 Electron
- Electron Washington, United States
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 Hills — 1.1 km
- Roseacre — 1.5 km
- South Crest — 2.0 km
- Alberton North — 3.6 km
- Benrose — 3.7 km
- Alberton — 4.0 km
Electron: clock, sun and surroundings
Electron includes 11 postal codes.
The time zone here in Electron is Africa/Johannesburg, offset UTC+2. Does daylight saving apply? No.
Electron sees first light at 5:22 AM today and the sun sets at 6:23 PM. Daylight totals 13 h 00 min.
The same local time applies in Electron, South Hills and Roseacre.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Electron?
- Time in Electron follows the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, with an offset of +2.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Electron?
- No.
- Do you know the time of sunrise in Electron?
- Yes, it is 5:22 AM.