Taung in numbers
- Coordinates
- -27.5311, 24.7866
- Region
- North West
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 922 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Taung, North West, South Africa
Check the current local time in Taung, North West, South Africa, which sits in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Taung, South Africa
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Taung
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Taung.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:45 AM Solar noon 12:07 PM Sunset 6:30 PM Daylight 12 h 45 min Night 11 h 15 min Civil twilight 5:21 AM – 6:54 PM
Weather in Taung right now
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Taung and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 8576
- 8609
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 Taung
- Taung South-East, Botswana
- Taung South-East, Botswana
- Taung South-East, Botswana
- Taung Punjab, India
- Taung 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
- Khibitswane — 2.4 km
- Manokwane — 2.8 km
- Lethola — 2.9 km
- Manoko — 4.2 km
- Tswedintlhe — 4.6 km
- Matolong — 6.5 km
Local time details for Taung
The mail network in Taung covers 2 codes.
Taung adheres to Africa/Johannesburg, a UTC+2 offset. Daylight saving time observed: No.
Sunrise at Taung today happens at 5:45 AM, sunset at 6:30 PM. The two are 12 h 45 min apart.
Travelling from Taung to Khibitswane or Manokwane does not change the hour.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Taung?
- Time in Taung follows the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, with an offset of +2.
- Is there a seasonal clock change in Taung?
- No.
- How late in the morning does the sun rise in Taung?
- It rises at 5:45 AM.