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What time is it in Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa

The current local time in Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa is displayed here for the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).

Swellendam, South Africa

Friday, 16 October 2026

UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg

Local time in Swellendam

UTC+2 · no daylight saving time

Swellendam keeps Africa/Johannesburg clock_time.

The sun today

Sunrise 5:56 AM Solar noon 12:25 PM Sunset 6:53 PM Daylight 12 h 56 min Night 11 h 04 min Civil twilight 5:31 AM – 7:18 PM

Weather in Swellendam right now

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Swellendam and its neighbours

Bakklysdrift Suurbraak Goedgeloof Bushman Drannings Bruintjiesrivier Cloeteskraal Swellendam
Swellendam at -34.0369, 20.5089 with the nearest towns within 27.1 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

Swellendam in numbers

Coordinates
-34.0369, 20.5089
Population
20 993
Region
Western Cape
Country
South Africa, Africa
Capital
Cape Town — 177 km away

Largest cities in Western Cape

Same time zone — Africa/Johannesburg

Nearby places

Local time details for Swellendam

Addresses in Swellendam fall under 3 postal codes.

Hours in Swellendam are kept by Africa/Johannesburg, standing at UTC+2. Daylight saving observed: No.

The sun shows itself over Swellendam at 5:56 AM and sets at 6:53 PM today. That is 12 h 56 min of light.

Neighbouring Buffeljagsrivier and Bakklysdrift sit in the same time as Swellendam.

Questions and answers
What is Swellendam's time zone?
Swellendam's time zone is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Swellendam?
Daylight saving time in Swellendam: No.
Sunset in Swellendam is at what time?
At 6:53 PM.

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