New Rail in numbers
- Coordinates
- -28.7603, 31.9020
- Region
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1385 km away
What time is it in New Rail, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
The current hour and minute in New Rail, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa are shown here, in the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
New Rail, South Africa
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in New Rail
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in New Rail, KwaZulu-Natal.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:15 AM Solar noon 11:39 AM Sunset 6:03 PM Daylight 12 h 48 min Night 11 h 12 min Civil twilight 4:50 AM – 6:27 PM
Weather in New Rail right now
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New Rail and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 3875 Empangeni — 1.2 km away
- 3879 Empangeni — 1.2 km away
- 3881 Empangeni — 1.2 km away
- 3882 Empangeni — 1.2 km away
- 3884 Empangeni — 1.2 km away
- 3910 Empangeni — 1.2 km away
- 3920 Empangeni — 1.2 km away
- 3965 Empangeni — 1.2 km away
- 3880 Empangeni — 1.2 km away
- 3886 Kwadlangezwa — 1.8 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
- Hulett’s — 0.7 km
- Grantham Park — 0.7 km
- Empangeni — 0.9 km
- Cyrildene — 0.9 km
- Fairview — 1.0 km
- Panorama — 1.3 km
New Rail: clock, sun and surroundings
New Rail falls within Africa/Johannesburg, which places it UTC+2 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: No.
Today's times for New Rail: the sun is up at 5:15 AM and down at 6:03 PM. That means 12 h 48 min of daylight.
New Rail shares one clock with the nearby places Grantham Park and Hulett’s.
Across New Rail, 10 postal codes are recorded.
Questions and answers
- Should Africa/Johannesburg be used as the time zone for New Rail?
- Yes, New Rail uses Africa/Johannesburg, whose offset is +2.
- Does New Rail keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in New Rail: No.
- Which time marks sunset in New Rail?
- 6:03 PM marks sunset.