Somerset West in numbers
- Coordinates
- -34.0840, 18.8211
- Population
- 225 289
- Region
- Western Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 30 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa
This page displays how late it is in Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa, in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Somerset West, South Africa
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Somerset West
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Somerset West.
The sun today
Sunrise 07:01 Solar noon 12:45 Sunset 18:30 Daylight 11 h 29 min Night 12 h 31 min Civil twilight 06:36 – 18:55
Weather in Somerset West right now
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Somerset West and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 7110
- 7130
- 7131
- 7133
- 7134
- 7135
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 Somerset West
- Somerset West Oregon, 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
- Strand — 2.6 km
- Nomzamo — 4.4 km
- Weltevreden — 4.8 km
- Lwandle — 5.7 km
- Macassar — 5.8 km
- Helderberg — 6.0 km
Time and daylight in Somerset West
The time zone in effect for Somerset West is Africa/Johannesburg, at UTC+2. Daylight saving time observed: No.
The sun rises today at 07:01 in Somerset West and sets at 18:30. Daylight covers 11 h 29 min.
Somerset West shares its time with neighbouring Strand and Nomzamo.
Somerset West contains 6 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does local time in Somerset West follow?
- Local time in Somerset West follows Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Is the local clock in Somerset West affected by daylight saving time?
- No.
- What is the sunset time for Somerset West?
- 18:30.