Elgin in numbers
- Coordinates
- -34.1511, 19.0412
- Region
- Western Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 50 km away
- Same name
- 33 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Elgin, Western Cape, South Africa
The current hour and minute in Elgin, Western Cape, South Africa are shown here, in the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
Elgin, South Africa
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Elgin
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Elgin, Western Cape.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:42 AM Solar noon 12:29 PM Sunset 7:15 PM Daylight 13 h 32 min Night 10 h 28 min Civil twilight 5:16 AM – 7:41 PM
Weather in Elgin right now
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Elgin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7160 Grabouw — 2.3 km away
- 7171 Grabouw — 2.3 km away
- 7180 Grabouw — 2.3 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
Other places named Elgin
- Elgin Illinois, United States
- Elgin Scotland, United Kingdom
- Elgin Texas, United States
- Elgin Oklahoma, United States
- Elgin South Carolina, 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
- Ouda Brug — 1.9 km
- Grabouw — 2.4 km
- Aprilskraal — 2.7 km
- Eikenhof — 3.0 km
- Pineview — 3.5 km
- Snake Park — 5.0 km
Local time details for Elgin
First light in Elgin comes at 5:42 AM today; darkness returns after 7:15 PM. The day gives 13 h 32 min of light.
Time runs the same in Elgin and in nearby Ouda Brug and Grabouw.
3 postal codes describe the layout of Elgin.
The clock standard in Elgin is Africa/Johannesburg, offset by UTC+2. Daylight saving time in use: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in Elgin?
- Local time in Elgin is determined by Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Is the time in Elgin adjusted seasonally?
- No.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Elgin?
- It sets at 7:15 PM.