Elgin in numbers
- Coordinates
- -27.7333, 32.0500
- Region
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1454 km away
- Same name
- 33 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Elgin, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
On this page the local time of Elgin, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa is updated live, in the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
Elgin, South Africa
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Elgin
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Elgin keeps Africa/Johannesburg clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 4:56 AM Solar noon 11:37 AM Sunset 6:17 PM Daylight 13 h 21 min Night 10 h 39 min Civil twilight 4:31 AM – 6:42 PM
Weather in Elgin right now
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Elgin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 3965 Mkuze — 13.1 km away
- 3966 Mkuze — 13.1 km away
- 3967 Mkuze — 13.1 km away
- 3972 Mkuze — 13.1 km away
- 3974 Mbazwana — 13.1 km away
- 3975 Mkuze — 13.1 km away
- 3976 Mkuze — 13.1 km away
- 3979 Mkuze — 13.1 km away
- 3980 Mkuze — 13.1 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 Elgin
- Elgin Illinois, United States
- Elgin Scotland, United Kingdom
- Elgin Texas, United States
- Elgin Oklahoma, United States
- Elgin South Carolina, 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
- Sarabub — 8.1 km
- Ntabayezulu — 9.9 km
- eMkhuze — 12.6 km
- Mkuze — 13.0 km
- Thembalethu — 13.1 km
- Bangonomo — 14.6 km
Time and daylight in Elgin
The time zone here in Elgin is Africa/Johannesburg, offset UTC+2. Does daylight saving apply? No.
Daylight in Elgin starts at 4:56 AM and ends at 6:17 PM today. It lasts 13 h 21 min.
Sarabub and Ntabayezulu sit close to Elgin and run on the same clock.
Elgin takes in 9 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is assigned to Elgin?
- The time zone assigned to Elgin is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Elgin?
- No.
- What is the sunset time for Elgin?
- 6:17 PM.