Protea in numbers
- Coordinates
- -26.2861, 27.8410
- Region
- Gauteng
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1226 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Protea, Gauteng, South Africa
This page displays how late it is in Protea, Gauteng, South Africa, in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Protea, South Africa
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Protea
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Protea.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:35 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 6:16 PM Daylight 12 h 41 min Night 11 h 19 min Civil twilight 5:11 AM – 6:40 PM
Weather in Protea right now
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Protea and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 1804 Soweto — 3.3 km away
- 1809 Soweto — 3.3 km away
- 1803 Soweto — 3.3 km away
- 1838 Lenasia — 3.5 km away
- 1835 Lenasia — 3.5 km away
- 1821 Lenasia — 3.5 km away
- 1823 Lenasia — 3.5 km away
- 1827 Lenasia — 3.5 km away
- 1828 Lenasia — 3.5 km away
- 1829 Lenasia — 3.5 km away
- 1830 Odin Park — 3.5 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 Protea
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
- Protea South — 0.8 km
- Chiawelo — 1.6 km
- Mapetla — 1.9 km
- Albertynsville — 2.3 km
- Protea North — 2.3 km
- Soweto — 2.7 km
Protea: clock, sun and surroundings
11 postal codes divide Protea.
Protea runs its day on Africa/Johannesburg, which is offset UTC+2. Seasonal time adjustment: No.
Protea sees first light at 5:35 AM today and the sun sets at 6:16 PM. Daylight totals 12 h 41 min.
The clock in nearby Protea South and Chiawelo follows Protea.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is assigned to Protea?
- Protea is assigned to the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, with an offset of +2.
- Does the time in Protea vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Protea: No.
- At what hour does the sun rise in Protea?
- At 5:35 AM.