The Sands in numbers
- Coordinates
- -25.2276, 31.0787
- Region
- Mpumalanga
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1543 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in The Sands, Mpumalanga, South Africa
This page keeps the current time in The Sands, Mpumalanga, South Africa, according to the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
The Sands, South Africa
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in The Sands
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in The Sands.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:22 AM Solar noon 11:42 AM Sunset 6:03 PM Daylight 12 h 41 min Night 11 h 19 min Civil twilight 4:59 AM – 6:26 PM
Weather in The Sands right now
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The Sands and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 0458 Empumalanga — 10.1 km away
- 1240 White River — 11.7 km away
- 1245 White River — 11.7 km away
- 1256 White River — 11.7 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 Mpumalanga
- Emalahleni 373 403
- Middelburg 196 263
- Embalenhle 142 443
- Somaroboro 114 369
- Mbombela 110 159
- Standerton 101 101
Other places named The Sands
- The Sands England, United Kingdom
- The Sands England, United Kingdom
- The Sands England, United Kingdom
- The Sands Maryland, United States
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
- Bushman Rock — 0.6 km
- Gatehouse — 1.4 km
- Nsikazi — 3.2 km
- Elegogoto — 3.4 km
- Elundi — 3.7 km
- Chweni — 4.0 km
About the time in The Sands
Expect sunrise at 5:22 AM and sunset at 6:03 PM in The Sands today. Daylight adds up to 12 h 41 min.
The same local time applies in The Sands, Bushman Rock and Gatehouse.
The Sands is mapped by 4 postal codes.
The Sands sits in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, which runs at UTC+2. Daylight saving time: No.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in The Sands?
- The time in The Sands is calculated using Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Is the offset in The Sands changed for daylight saving?
- No.
- When does daylight begin in The Sands?
- Daylight begins at 5:22 AM.