Alton in numbers
- Coordinates
- -28.7621, 32.0068
- Region
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1394 km away
- Same name
- 34 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alton, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
This page shows the time as it is now in Alton, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Alton, South Africa
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Alton
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Alton, KwaZulu-Natal.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:00 AM Solar noon 11:37 AM Sunset 6:14 PM Daylight 13 h 14 min Night 10 h 46 min Civil twilight 4:35 AM – 6:39 PM
Weather in Alton right now
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Alton and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 3900 Empangeni — 9.3 km away
- 3902 Richards Bay — 10.0 km away
- 3903 Richards Bay — 10.0 km away
- 3904 Richards Bay — 10.0 km away
- 3875 Empangeni — 10.5 km away
- 3879 Empangeni — 10.5 km away
- 3881 Empangeni — 10.5 km away
- 3882 Empangeni — 10.5 km away
- 3884 Empangeni — 10.5 km away
- 3910 Empangeni — 10.5 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 KwaZulu-Natal
- Durban 3 338 026
- Pietermaritzburg 839 327
- Newcastle 404 838
- Richards Bay 252 968
- Kwadukuza 161 177
- Vryheid 150 012
Other places named Alton
- Alton Illinois, United States
- Alton England, United Kingdom
- Alton Texas, United States
- Alton Iowa, United States
- Alton Missouri, 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
- Richards Bay — 3.8 km
- Arboretum — 5.4 km
- Brackenham — 5.7 km
- Mandlazini — 5.7 km
- Veldenvlei — 5.9 km
- Umhlatuzi Valley — 6.8 km
Time and daylight in Alton
The postal breakdown of Alton runs to 10 codes.
Clocks in Alton follow Africa/Johannesburg, an offset of UTC+2 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: No.
Today's daylight in Alton begins at 5:00 AM and finishes at 6:14 PM. The total is 13 h 14 min.
You will find the same time in Richards Bay and Arboretum, both near Alton.
Questions and answers
- What should I enter as the time zone for Alton?
- Enter Africa/Johannesburg as the time zone for Alton; its offset is +2.
- Does Alton switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Alton: No.
- Can you tell me the sunrise time in Alton?
- In Alton the sun rises at 5:00 AM.