Mafikeng in numbers
- Coordinates
- -25.8849, 25.6779
- Population
- 77 110
- Region
- North West
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1121 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Mafikeng, North West, South Africa
The page gives the present local time in Mafikeng, North West, South Africa, whose time zone is Africa/Johannesburg (+2).
Mafikeng, South Africa
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Mafikeng
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Mafikeng.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:43 AM Solar noon 12:04 PM Sunset 6:25 PM Daylight 12 h 42 min Night 11 h 18 min Civil twilight 5:19 AM – 6:48 PM
Weather in Mafikeng right now
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Mafikeng and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 0357
- 2738
- 2744
- 2745
- 2746
- 2749
- 2750
- 2751
- 2752
- 2753
- 2763
- 2766
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 North West
- Soshanguve 872 309
- Rustenburg 373 695
- Klerksdorp 227 039
- Potchefstroom 178 285
- Brits 122 497
- Hammanskraal 112 950
Other places named Mafikeng
- Mafikeng Maseru District, Lesotho
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
- Grantleigh — 3.5 km
- Mahikeng — 4.0 km
- Kwamatikiring — 4.8 km
- Magogoe — 4.9 km
- Lomanyaneng — 5.7 km
- Mmabatho — 5.9 km
Mafikeng: clock, sun and surroundings
A total of 12 postal codes belong to Mafikeng.
The local zone in Mafikeng is Africa/Johannesburg, standing at UTC+2. Whether daylight saving applies: No.
The sun rises over Mafikeng today at 5:43 AM and slips away at 6:25 PM. That leaves 12 h 42 min of daylight.
For nearby Grantleigh and Mahikeng, use the time shown for Mafikeng.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Mafikeng?
- The correct time zone for Mafikeng is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Mafikeng?
- No.
- What time does the sun set in Mafikeng?
- The sun sets in Mafikeng at 6:25 PM.