Margate in numbers
- Coordinates
- -30.8636, 30.3705
- Population
- 34 407
- Region
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1155 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Check the current local time in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, which sits in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Margate, South Africa
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Margate
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:20 AM Solar noon 11:45 AM Sunset 6:10 PM Daylight 12 h 50 min Night 11 h 10 min Civil twilight 4:55 AM – 6:35 PM
Weather in Margate right now
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Margate and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 4275
- 4276
- 4277
- 4278
- 4280
- 4281
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 Margate
- Margate England, United Kingdom
- Margate Florida, United States
- Margate Queensland, Australia
- Margate Tasmania, Australia
- Margate Prince Edward Island, Canada
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
- Happiness — 1.1 km
- Margate Retirement Village — 1.1 km
- Faerie Glen — 2.9 km
- Ramsgate — 4.2 km
- Uvongo Beach — 4.4 km
- Oatlands — 4.9 km
Margate: clock, sun and surroundings
Sorting mail for Margate involves 6 postal codes.
The zone that governs Margate is Africa/Johannesburg at UTC+2. Whether the clocks move seasonally: No.
Daylight arrives in Margate at 5:20 AM and departs at 6:10 PM. It lasts 12 h 50 min today.
Around Margate, places such as Happiness and Margate Retirement Village use the same time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers Margate?
- The time zone covering Margate is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Does Margate use summer time?
- No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Margate?
- Sunset there is at 6:10 PM.