Sphinx in numbers
- Coordinates
- -25.6056, 28.2133
- Region
- Gauteng
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1307 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sphinx, Gauteng, South Africa
The clock above shows the current local time in Sphinx, Gauteng, South Africa, which uses Africa/Johannesburg (+2).
Sphinx, South Africa
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Sphinx
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Sphinx.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:34 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 6:14 PM Daylight 12 h 40 min Night 11 h 20 min Civil twilight 5:11 AM – 6:37 PM
Weather in Sphinx right now
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Sphinx and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 0120 Pyramid — 3.3 km away
- 0072 Moreletapark — 5.7 km away
- 0017 Doornpoort — 6.2 km away
- 0182 Pretoria-Noord — 7.9 km away
- 0066 Pretoria North — 7.9 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
Other places named Sphinx
- Sphinx Montana, 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
- Onderstepoort — 5.6 km
- Doornpoort — 6.9 km
- Annlin — 7.5 km
- Sinoville — 7.9 km
- Montana — 8.6 km
- Magalieskruin — 9.0 km
About the time in Sphinx
Postal areas within Sphinx come to 5.
Sphinx marks time with Africa/Johannesburg at an offset of UTC+2. Does the area change clocks seasonally? No.
Sunrise arrives in Sphinx at 5:34 AM today and the sun goes down at 6:14 PM. That gives the day 12 h 40 min of light.
Onderstepoort and Doornpoort sit close to Sphinx and run on the same clock.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Sphinx?
- The entry corresponding to Sphinx is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Does Sphinx take part in daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Sphinx: No.
- How late in the morning does the sun rise in Sphinx?
- It rises at 5:34 AM.