Gansbaai in numbers
- Coordinates
- -34.5830, 19.3505
- Population
- 15 957
- Region
- Western Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 104 km away
What time is it in Gansbaai, Western Cape, South Africa
Local time right now in Gansbaai, Western Cape, South Africa appears above, in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Gansbaai, South Africa
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Gansbaai
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Gansbaai, Western Cape.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:01 AM Solar noon 12:29 PM Sunset 6:58 PM Daylight 12 h 57 min Night 11 h 03 min Civil twilight 5:35 AM – 7:24 PM
Weather in Gansbaai right now
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Gansbaai and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7220 Gans Bay — 0.1 km away
- 7221 Gans Bay — 0.1 km away
- 7271 Gans Bay — 0.1 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
- De Kelders — 2.3 km
- Kleinbaai — 3.6 km
- Goudiniweg — 3.6 km
- Die Kelders — 3.9 km
- Franskraalstrand — 4.5 km
- Uilkraalmond — 5.8 km
Gansbaai: clock, sun and surroundings
The offset in Gansbaai is UTC+2, under the Africa/Johannesburg time zone. Daylight saving time: No.
The sun rises at 6:01 AM, sets at 6:58 PM, and stays over Gansbaai for 12 h 57 min. That is today's daylight.
Close to Gansbaai, the towns of De Kelders and Kleinbaai show the same time.
Postal codes in Gansbaai number 3.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone value belongs to Gansbaai?
- The time zone value for Gansbaai is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover Gansbaai?
- Daylight saving time in Gansbaai: No.
- When does daylight begin in Gansbaai?
- Daylight begins at 6:01 AM.