Fordsburg in numbers
- Coordinates
- -26.2500, 27.8333
- Region
- Gauteng
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1229 km away
What time is it in Fordsburg, Gauteng, South Africa
The local time in Fordsburg, Gauteng, South Africa — in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2) — is shown on this page.
Fordsburg, South Africa
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Fordsburg
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Fordsburg.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:34 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 6:17 PM Daylight 12 h 43 min Night 11 h 17 min Civil twilight 5:10 AM – 6:40 PM
Weather in Fordsburg right now
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Fordsburg and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 1809 Soweto — 3.8 km away
- 1804 Soweto — 3.8 km away
- 1803 Soweto — 3.8 km away
- 1874 Dobsonville — 5.0 km away
- 1875 Dobsonville — 5.0 km away
- 1865 Dobsonville — 5.0 km away
- 1863 Dobsonville — 5.0 km away
- 1723 Dobsonville — 5.0 km away
- 1805 Orange Farm — 6.5 km away
- 1837 Pimville — 6.9 km away
- 1811 Pimville — 6.9 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
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
- Zola — 1.4 km
- Moletsane — 1.7 km
- Mapetla — 2.2 km
- Emdeni — 2.3 km
- Naledi — 2.5 km
- Albertynsville — 2.5 km
Fordsburg: clock, sun and surroundings
The local time of Fordsburg is shared by neighbouring Zola and Moletsane.
11 postal codes serve Fordsburg.
The zone that governs Fordsburg is Africa/Johannesburg at UTC+2. Whether the clocks move seasonally: No.
The sun climbs above Fordsburg at 5:34 AM and dips below at 6:17 PM. Between them sit 12 h 43 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Fordsburg?
- Fordsburg uses the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, which has an offset of +2.
- Is there a daylight saving adjustment to the time in Fordsburg?
- No.
- What time does the day end in Fordsburg?
- The sun sets at 6:17 PM.