Athlone in numbers
- Coordinates
- -33.9672, 18.5021
- Population
- 237 414
- Region
- Western Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 12 km away
- Same name
- 9 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Athlone, Western Cape, South Africa
This is a live clock for Athlone, Western Cape, South Africa, showing local time in the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
Athlone, South Africa
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Athlone
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Athlone.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:42 AM Solar noon 12:31 PM Sunset 7:19 PM Daylight 13 h 37 min Night 10 h 23 min Civil twilight 5:15 AM – 7:46 PM
Weather in Athlone right now
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Athlone and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7764
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 Western Cape
- Cape Town 4 772 846
- Paarl 236 910
- Somerset West 225 289
- George 188 580
- Worcester 127 597
- Stellenbosch 96 228
Other places named Athlone
- Athlone Leinster, Ireland
- Athlone Alberta, Canada
- Athlone Victoria, Australia
- Athlone Ontario, Canada
- Athlone California, 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
- Welton — 3.6 km
- Kenilworth — 3.8 km
- Hanover Park — 4.0 km
- Ottery — 5.5 km
- Philippi — 6.0 km
- Plumstead — 6.2 km
Local time details for Athlone
At Athlone the sun clears the horizon at 5:42 AM and sinks again at 7:19 PM. The gap between them is 13 h 37 min.
There is no time difference between Athlone and nearby Welton or Kenilworth.
There is 1 postal code zones in Athlone.
Clocks in Athlone take Africa/Johannesburg as their zone, reading UTC+2. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Athlone?
- The time zone that applies to Athlone is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Does the time in Athlone shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Athlone?
- Sunset there is at 7:19 PM.