Western Areas in numbers
- Coordinates
- -26.3500, 27.7000
- Population
- 2 270
- Region
- Gauteng
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1212 km away
What time is it in Western Areas, Gauteng, South Africa
This page shows the current local time in Western Areas, Gauteng, South Africa, in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Western Areas, South Africa
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Western Areas
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Western Areas, Gauteng.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:34 AM Solar noon 11:56 AM Sunset 6:18 PM Daylight 12 h 44 min Night 11 h 16 min Civil twilight 5:10 AM – 6:41 PM
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Western Areas and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 1773 Rooderpoort — 5.8 km away
- 1772 Westonaria — 6.2 km away
- 1780 Westonaria — 6.2 km away
- 1781 Westonaria — 6.2 km away
- 1782 Bekkersdal — 6.2 km away
- 1784 Westonaria — 6.2 km away
- 1785 Westonaria — 6.2 km away
- 1786 Westonaria — 6.2 km away
- 1787 Westonaria — 6.2 km away
- 1788 Westonaria — 6.2 km away
- 1789 Westonaria — 6.2 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
- Hillshaven — 4.5 km
- Westonaria — 6.5 km
- Elsburg Gold Mine — 6.9 km
- Seberuberung — 7.2 km
- Bekkersdal — 7.4 km
- Wes-Rand — 7.5 km
About the time in Western Areas
Western Areas operates with 11 postal codes.
The time zone assigned to Western Areas is Africa/Johannesburg, held at UTC+2. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Sunrise comes to Western Areas at 5:34 AM and sunset at 6:18 PM today. Together that makes 12 h 44 min of light.
Nearby Hillshaven and Westonaria follow the same clock as Western Areas.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Western Areas?
- Western Areas uses the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, which has an offset of +2.
- Does Western Areas apply a daylight saving adjustment?
- No.
- At what hour does the sun set in Western Areas?
- At 6:18 PM.