De Aar in numbers
- Coordinates
- -30.6497, 24.0123
- Population
- 32 318
- Region
- Northern Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 624 km away
What time is it in De Aar, Northern Cape, South Africa
On this page the local time of De Aar, Northern Cape, South Africa is updated live, in the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
De Aar, South Africa
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in De Aar
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in De Aar, Northern Cape.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:26 AM Solar noon 12:09 PM Sunset 6:52 PM Daylight 13 h 26 min Night 10 h 34 min Civil twilight 5:00 AM – 7:17 PM
Weather in De Aar right now
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De Aar and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7000
- 8780
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 Northern Cape
- Kimberley 142 089
- Upington 71 373
- Postmasburg 30 089
- Pampierstad 21 707
- Warrenton 17 946
- Colesberg 12 423
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
- Emthanjeni — 15.1 km
- Deelfontein — 42.9 km
- Britstown — 49.1 km
- Philipstown — 50.0 km
- Potfontein — 50.4 km
- Oakglen — 60.0 km
Local time details for De Aar
2 postal codes are in use across De Aar.
De Aar is served by the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, offset UTC+2. Daylight saving time applies: No.
The sun rises over De Aar today at 5:26 AM and slips away at 6:52 PM. That leaves 13 h 26 min of daylight.
Travelling from De Aar to Emthanjeni or Deelfontein does not change the hour.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does De Aar observe?
- De Aar observes Africa/Johannesburg, whose offset is +2.
- Does the clock in De Aar follow a summer time schedule?
- Daylight saving in De Aar: No.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in De Aar?
- Sunrise is at 5:26 AM and sunset at 6:52 PM.