The Drift in numbers
- Coordinates
- -26.0375, 27.8464
- Region
- Gauteng
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1247 km away
What time is it in The Drift, Gauteng, South Africa
This page answers what time it is in The Drift, Gauteng, South Africa right now, in the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
The Drift, South Africa
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in The Drift
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in The Drift.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:15 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 6:33 PM Daylight 13 h 18 min Night 10 h 42 min Civil twilight 4:50 AM – 6:58 PM
Weather in The Drift right now
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The Drift and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 1747 Muldersdrif — 0.6 km away
- 1746 Krugersdorp — 10.6 km away
- 1933 Krugersdorp — 10.6 km away
- 1928 Krugersdorp — 10.6 km away
- 1791 Krugersdorp — 10.6 km away
- 1775 Krugersdorp — 10.6 km away
- 1756 Krugersdorp — 10.6 km away
- 1754 Krugersdorp — 10.6 km away
- 1752 Krugersdorp — 10.6 km away
- 1751 Krugersdorp — 10.6 km away
- 1749 Krugersdorp — 10.6 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
- Witpoortjie — 14.1 km
- Roodepoort — 14.1 km
- Discovery — 14.6 km
- Western Township — 14.8 km
- Paardekraal — 16.6 km
- Brink's Vlakfontein — 16.9 km
The Drift: clock, sun and surroundings
The sun rises here at 5:15 AM and sets at 6:33 PM in The Drift today. Daylight adds up to 13 h 18 min.
The time in The Drift is also the time in nearby Witpoortjie and Roodepoort.
Every address in The Drift sits within one of 11 postal codes.
The Drift lies in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, offset UTC+2. Seasonal adjustment of clocks: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone should be selected for The Drift?
- Select Africa/Johannesburg for The Drift; the offset is +2.
- Do clocks change in The Drift during the year?
- Daylight saving in The Drift: No.
- When does light leave The Drift?
- Light leaves at 6:33 PM.