Heidelberg in numbers
- Coordinates
- -26.5048, 28.3592
- Population
- 85 858
- Region
- Gauteng
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1246 km away
- Same name
- 13 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Heidelberg, Gauteng, South Africa
Read off the current local time in Heidelberg, Gauteng, South Africa, which belongs to the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
Heidelberg, South Africa
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Heidelberg
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Heidelberg, Gauteng.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:19 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 6:24 PM Daylight 13 h 05 min Night 10 h 55 min Civil twilight 4:55 AM – 6:48 PM
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Heidelberg and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 1439
- 1440
- 1441
- 1442
- 1443
- 1444
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 Heidelberg
- Heidelberg Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Heidelberg Western Cape, South Africa
- Heidelberg Victoria, Australia
- Heidelberg Southland, New Zealand
- Heidelberg Texas, 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
- Rensburgdorp — 2.7 km
- Emmasdale — 4.8 km
- Ratanda — 6.2 km
- Jameson Park — 8.2 km
- Blinkpoort — 10.6 km
- Diepkloof — 14.0 km
Local time details for Heidelberg
Heidelberg falls within Africa/Johannesburg, which places it UTC+2 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: No.
Today's sun rises in Heidelberg at 5:19 AM, then sets at 6:24 PM. The day offers 13 h 05 min of daylight.
Around Heidelberg, places such as Rensburgdorp and Emmasdale use the same time.
There are 6 postal codes assigned to Heidelberg.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Heidelberg?
- Choose Africa/Johannesburg for Heidelberg, with an offset of +2.
- Does the time in Heidelberg shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- No.
- When does the sun go down in Heidelberg?
- Sunset in Heidelberg is at 6:24 PM.