Charlestown in numbers
- Coordinates
- -27.4111, 29.8738
- Population
- 5 262
- Region
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1296 km away
- Same name
- 31 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Charlestown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Watch the current local time in Charlestown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, running on the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Charlestown, South Africa
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Charlestown
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Charlestown, KwaZulu-Natal.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:05 AM Solar noon 11:46 AM Sunset 6:26 PM Daylight 13 h 21 min Night 10 h 39 min Civil twilight 4:40 AM – 6:51 PM
Weather in Charlestown right now
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Charlestown and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 2465 Volksrust — 5.0 km away
- 2470 Volksrust — 5.0 km away
- 2471 Volksrust — 5.0 km away
- 2491 Volksrust — 5.0 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 Charlestown
- Charlestown Massachusetts, United States
- Charlestown New South Wales, Australia
- Charlestown Rhode Island, United States
- Charlestown Indiana, United States
- Charlestown Saint Paul Charlestown, Saint Kitts And Nevis
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
- Clavis — 0.9 km
- Vukuzakhe — 5.1 km
- Volksrust — 5.1 km
- Ingogo — 18.0 km
- Flentershoek — 20.3 km
- Sweet Valley — 24.7 km
Charlestown: clock, sun and surroundings
At Charlestown the sun clears the horizon at 5:05 AM and sinks again at 6:26 PM. The gap between them is 13 h 21 min.
No adjustment is needed moving between Charlestown, Clavis and Vukuzakhe.
Postal codes valid in Charlestown number 4.
Charlestown marks time with Africa/Johannesburg at an offset of UTC+2. Does the area change clocks seasonally? No.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone designation for Charlestown?
- The time zone designation for Charlestown is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Does the local schedule in Charlestown include a clock change?
- No.
- What is the local sunset time in Charlestown?
- Local sunset is 6:26 PM.