Current Time in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 🇿🇦
Lat/Long: 29.62° S, 30.39° E
Province: KwaZulu-Natal
Country: 🇿🇦 South Africa
IANA Timezone: Africa/Johannesburg
Timezone: SAST
Daylight Saving Time: No ❌
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in South Africa: SAST
Time now in other cities in South Africa:
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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Pietermaritzburg
Sunrise
in Pietermaritzburg
↑
6:45 AM
Sunset
in Pietermaritzburg
↓
5:06 PM
Day Length
10h 21m
Dawn
in Pietermaritzburg
6:19 AM
Dusk
in Pietermaritzburg
5:33 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Pietermaritzburg
Current Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
98.5%
Next Moonrise
↑
Today, 17:48
Next Moonset
↓
Tomorrow, 08:35
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FAQ — Time in Pietermaritzburg
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 15:43:10 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The clock at the top of this page updates live, second by second, synchronized with our server time. You can also check sunrise and sunset times for the same city.
Pietermaritzburg uses Africa/Johannesburg (SAST) — UTC+02:00. The IANA time zone identifier is Africa/Johannesburg, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
No, Pietermaritzburg does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at Africa/Johannesburg (SAST) — UTC+02:00 year-round.
Pietermaritzburg is currently +02:00 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is the global time standard from which all other time zones are offset. To see the matching Unix timestamp or run add/subtract calculations against Pietermaritzburg's local time, use our time calculator.
South Africa has chosen not to observe Daylight Saving Time. Many countries near the equator have little reason to shift clocks because daylight hours stay relatively constant year-round; others have abolished DST for policy reasons.