Nkandla in numbers
- Coordinates
- -28.6587, 30.9928
- Population
- 4 261
- Region
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1313 km away
What time is it in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Local time in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa is shown on this page, based on the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Nkandla, South Africa
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Nkandla
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Nkandla.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:18 AM Solar noon 11:42 AM Sunset 6:07 PM Daylight 12 h 48 min Night 11 h 12 min Civil twilight 4:54 AM – 6:31 PM
Weather in Nkandla right now
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Nkandla and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 3855
- 3856
- 3858
- 3859
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
- Dolwana — 6.3 km
- Bayete — 7.7 km
- Ekombe — 9.4 km
- Spinnies — 9.9 km
- Mabaleni — 11.4 km
- Tandanani — 13.1 km
About the time in Nkandla
You will find the same time in Dolwana and Bayete, both near Nkandla.
The full list of postal codes for Nkandla runs to 4.
Nkandla sets its clocks by Africa/Johannesburg, which runs UTC+2. Daylight saving time here: No.
The sun is up at 5:18 AM in Nkandla and down again at 6:07 PM. Between those times there are 12 h 48 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is used in Nkandla?
- The time zone used in Nkandla is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Does the time in Nkandla vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Nkandla: No.
- When does morning light reach Nkandla?
- At 5:18 AM.