Current Time in Polokwane, South Africa 🇿🇦
Lat/Long: 23.9° S, 29.47° E
Province: Limpopo
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 Polokwane
Sunrise
in Polokwane
↑
6:36 AM
Sunset
in Polokwane
↓
5:22 PM
Day Length
10h 46m
Dawn
in Polokwane
6:11 AM
Dusk
in Polokwane
5:47 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Polokwane
Current Phase
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination
97.5%
Next Moonrise
↑
Tomorrow, 16:33
Next Moonset
↓
Tomorrow, 05:42
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FAQ — Time in Polokwane
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 20:37:04 in Polokwane, 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.
Polokwane uses Africa/Johannesburg. The IANA time zone identifier is Africa/Johannesburg, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
No, Polokwane does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at Africa/Johannesburg year-round.
Polokwane is currently aligned with UTC 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 Polokwane'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.