Worcester in numbers
- Coordinates
- -33.6465, 19.4485
- Population
- 127 597
- Region
- Western Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 84 km away
- Same name
- 12 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa
Current local time for Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa is listed here, in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Worcester, South Africa
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Worcester
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Worcester.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:42 AM Solar noon 12:27 PM Sunset 7:12 PM Daylight 13 h 31 min Night 10 h 29 min Civil twilight 5:15 AM – 7:39 PM
Weather in Worcester right now
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Worcester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 6845
- 6850
- 6851
- 6852
- 6853
- 6854
- 6855
- 6856
- 6857
- 6858
- 6859
- 6861
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
- Cape Town 4 772 846
- Athlone 237 414
- Paarl 236 910
- Somerset West 225 289
- George 188 580
- Stellenbosch 96 228
Other places named Worcester
- Worcester Massachusetts, United States
- Worcester England, United Kingdom
- Worcester New York, United States
- Worcester Vermont, United States
- Worcester Saskatchewan, Canada
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
- Fairy Glen — 1.5 km
- Hospital Park — 1.5 km
- Meirings Park — 3.1 km
- Zweletemba — 3.9 km
- Brandwacht — 4.2 km
- Worcester Nu — 5.0 km
About the time in Worcester
Worcester follows Africa/Johannesburg, giving it a UTC+2 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? No.
Sun-up in Worcester is 5:42 AM today and sun-down is 7:12 PM. That gap holds 13 h 31 min of daylight.
Time in Hospital Park and Fairy Glen, both close to Worcester, runs the same.
Worcester is split into 12 postal code areas.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone designation for Worcester?
- The time zone designation for Worcester is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Does Worcester switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Worcester: No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Worcester?
- Sunset there is at 7:12 PM.