Kokstad in numbers
- Coordinates
- -30.5472, 29.4241
- Population
- 61 751
- Region
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1084 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Kokstad, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Get the current local time in Kokstad, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, a location in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Kokstad, South Africa
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Kokstad
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Kokstad.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:02 AM Solar noon 11:47 AM Sunset 6:32 PM Daylight 13 h 30 min Night 10 h 30 min Civil twilight 4:36 AM – 6:58 PM
Weather in Kokstad right now
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Kokstad and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 3237
- 4685
- 4693
- 4700
- 4706
- 4710
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 Kokstad
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
- Kempdale — 4.1 km
- Nolangeni — 8.1 km
- Oatlands — 9.7 km
- Thornham — 10.7 km
- Sidakeni — 12.9 km
- Brooks Nek — 13.0 km
Kokstad: clock, sun and surroundings
Travelling from Kokstad to Kempdale or Nolangeni does not change the hour.
The full list of postal codes for Kokstad runs to 6.
Kokstad is on Africa/Johannesburg time, which corresponds to UTC+2. Whether the area observes daylight saving: No.
Today in Kokstad, daylight opens at 5:02 AM and closes at 6:32 PM. That span measures 13 h 30 min.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Kokstad labeled?
- The time zone for Kokstad is labeled Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Does Kokstad switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Kokstad: No.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Kokstad today?
- Sunrise 5:02 AM, sunset 6:32 PM.