Simon's Town in numbers
- Coordinates
- -34.1934, 18.4359
- Population
- 6 569
- Region
- Western Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 36 km away
What time is it in Simon's Town, Western Cape, South Africa
This page shows local time in Simon's Town, Western Cape, South Africa as of this moment, in the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
Simon's Town, South Africa
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Simon's Town
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Simon's Town.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:05 AM Solar noon 12:33 PM Sunset 7:01 PM Daylight 12 h 57 min Night 11 h 03 min Civil twilight 5:39 AM – 7:27 PM
Weather in Simon's Town right now
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Simon's Town and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7975 Simon'S Town
- 7995 Simon'S Town
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
- Seaforth — 1.2 km
- The Boulders — 1.3 km
- Oatlands — 1.5 km
- Murdoch Valley — 2.5 km
- Wildeschutsbrand — 2.8 km
- Glen Marine — 3.1 km
Simon's Town: clock, sun and surroundings
Simon's Town observes Africa/Johannesburg time, currently expressed as UTC+2. Daylight saving time here: No.
Sunrise falls at 6:05 AM today in Simon's Town, with the sun setting at 7:01 PM. That leaves 12 h 57 min of light.
Seaforth and The Boulders are close to Simon's Town and observe the same time.
2 postal codes cover the territory of Simon's Town.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Simon's Town?
- Time in Simon's Town follows the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, with an offset of +2.
- Does Simon's Town move its clocks forward at any time?
- No.
- When should I expect the sun to rise in Simon's Town?
- Expect it at 6:05 AM.