Drakenstein in numbers
- Coordinates
- -33.5968, 19.0031
- Region
- Western Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 50 km away
What time is it in Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa
This page carries the current local time for Drakenstein, Western Cape, South Africa, in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Drakenstein, South Africa
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Drakenstein
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Drakenstein.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:38 AM Solar noon 12:29 PM Sunset 7:20 PM Daylight 13 h 41 min Night 10 h 19 min Civil twilight 5:12 AM – 7:46 PM
Weather in Drakenstein right now
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Drakenstein and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7655 Wellington — 4.1 km away
- 7656 Wellington — 4.1 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 Western Cape
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
- Malan — 2.8 km
- Goede Hoop — 3.1 km
- Wellington — 4.8 km
- Blauwvlei — 7.6 km
- Newtown — 8.5 km
- Bain's Kloof — 9.2 km
About the time in Drakenstein
There are 2 postal codes assigned to Drakenstein.
The zone in force in Drakenstein is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of UTC+2. Seasonal change: No.
In Drakenstein the sun appears at 5:38 AM and disappears at 7:20 PM today. Daylight stretches 13 h 41 min.
Drakenstein, Malan and Goede Hoop all run on one and the same time.
Questions and answers
- How can I identify the time zone of Drakenstein?
- The time zone of Drakenstein is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Does Drakenstein switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Drakenstein: No.
- When is the sun down in Drakenstein?
- The sun goes down at 7:20 PM.