Esikhaleni in numbers
- Coordinates
- -28.8710, 31.8996
- Population
- 49 265
- Region
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1379 km away
What time is it in Esikhaleni, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
This page shows, minute by minute, the local time in Esikhaleni, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
Esikhaleni, South Africa
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Esikhaleni
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Esikhaleni, KwaZulu-Natal.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:15 AM Solar noon 11:39 AM Sunset 6:03 PM Daylight 12 h 49 min Night 11 h 11 min Civil twilight 4:50 AM – 6:27 PM
Weather in Esikhaleni right now
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Esikhaleni and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 3887 Esikhawini — 1.4 km away
- 3886 Kwadlangezwa — 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
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
- Esikhawini H — 1.1 km
- Sobamdlovu — 2.4 km
- Felixton — 4.7 km
- Khandisa — 4.8 km
- Ichubo — 5.3 km
- Umzimbete — 6.0 km
Esikhaleni: clock, sun and surroundings
Postal codes in Esikhaleni number 2.
The time standard for Esikhaleni is Africa/Johannesburg at UTC+2. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
The sun rises at 5:15 AM, sets at 6:03 PM, and stays over Esikhaleni for 12 h 49 min. That is today's daylight.
The hours shown for Esikhaleni apply equally in Esikhawini H and Sobamdlovu.
Questions and answers
- Where does Esikhaleni fall in terms of time zones?
- In terms of time zones, Esikhaleni falls within Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Does daylight saving time reach Esikhaleni?
- Daylight saving time in Esikhaleni: No.
- When does light leave Esikhaleni?
- Light leaves at 6:03 PM.