Richmond in numbers
- Coordinates
- -26.6937, 27.9374
- Region
- Gauteng
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1201 km away
- Same name
- 79 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Richmond, Gauteng, South Africa
Watch the current local time in Richmond, Gauteng, South Africa, running on the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Richmond, South Africa
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Richmond
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Richmond.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:33 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 Richmond right now
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Richmond and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 3780
- 3781
- 3782
- 7090
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 Richmond
- Richmond Virginia, United States
- Richmond British Columbia, Canada
- Richmond California, United States
- Richmond Indiana, United States
- Richmond Kentucky, 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
- Vereeniging — 2.6 km
- Peacehaven — 3.6 km
- Duncanville — 4.3 km
- Viljoensdrif — 4.5 km
- Three Rivers — 5.9 km
- Bedworth Park — 6.1 km
Richmond: clock, sun and surroundings
The postal breakdown of Richmond runs to 4 codes.
Richmond sets its clocks by Africa/Johannesburg, which runs UTC+2. Daylight saving time here: No.
Sunrise today is 5:33 AM in Richmond, with sunset at 6:17 PM. That works out to 12 h 43 min of light.
Nearby settlements including Vereeniging and Peacehaven match the time in Richmond.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers Richmond?
- The time zone covering Richmond is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Does Richmond switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Richmond: No.
- When does morning light reach Richmond?
- At 5:33 AM.