Windhoek in numbers
- Coordinates
- -33.5287, 21.6823
- Region
- Western Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 288 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Windhoek, Western Cape, South Africa
Get the current local time in Windhoek, Western Cape, South Africa, a location in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Windhoek, South Africa
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Windhoek
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Windhoek, Western Cape.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:51 AM Solar noon 12:20 PM Sunset 6:48 PM Daylight 12 h 57 min Night 11 h 03 min Civil twilight 5:26 AM – 7:14 PM
Weather in Windhoek right now
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Windhoek and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 6660 Calitzdorp — 0.5 km away
- 6665 Heidelberg Wc — 0.5 km away
- 6666 Heidelberg Wc — 0.5 km away
- 6667 Heidelberg Wc — 0.5 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 Windhoek
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
- St. Helena — 0.2 km
- Berghoek — 0.3 km
- Calitzdorp — 0.6 km
- Calizdorp — 1.0 km
- Bersig — 1.1 km
- Buffelskloof — 17.9 km
Windhoek: clock, sun and surroundings
The offset in Windhoek is UTC+2, under the Africa/Johannesburg time zone. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunrise time for Windhoek today is 5:51 AM; sunset time is 6:48 PM. Daylight fills 12 h 57 min.
Nearby settlements including St. Helena and Berghoek match the time in Windhoek.
The mail network in Windhoek covers 4 codes.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Windhoek identified?
- The time zone for Windhoek is identified as Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Is there a seasonal clock change in Windhoek?
- No.
- How early does the sun rise in Windhoek?
- The first sunlight comes at 5:51 AM.