The Bend in numbers
- Coordinates
- -28.6000, 24.5667
- Region
- Northern Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 817 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in The Bend, Northern Cape, South Africa
Look up the current time in The Bend, Northern Cape, South Africa, which follows the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
The Bend, South Africa
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in The Bend
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in The Bend.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:45 AM Solar noon 12:08 PM Sunset 6:32 PM Daylight 12 h 46 min Night 11 h 14 min Civil twilight 5:21 AM – 6:56 PM
Weather in The Bend right now
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The Bend and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 8375 Barkly West — 8.9 km away
- 8376 Barkly West — 8.9 km away
- 8377 Barkly West — 8.9 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 Northern Cape
- Kimberley 142 089
- Upington 71 373
- De Aar 32 318
- Postmasburg 30 089
- Pampierstad 21 707
- Warrenton 17 946
Other places named The Bend
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
- Reservoir — 4.9 km
- Barkly West — 8.4 km
- Pniel Estates — 13.2 km
- Riverton — 15.7 km
- Sol Plaatjie — 16.7 km
- Pniel Estates — 18.0 km
Local time details for The Bend
Time in The Bend applies without change in Reservoir and Barkly West nearby.
3 postal codes are current for The Bend.
Local time in The Bend is governed by Africa/Johannesburg at UTC+2. Daylight saving observed: No.
In The Bend the sun appears at 5:45 AM and disappears at 6:32 PM today. Daylight stretches 12 h 46 min.
Questions and answers
- Can The Bend's time zone be given as Africa/Johannesburg?
- Yes, The Bend's time zone is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, The Bend?
- Daylight saving time in The Bend: No.
- Sunrise in The Bend is at what time?
- At 5:45 AM.