East London, South Africa
Current time in South Africa
Time zone: SAST (UTC/GMT +02:00) — Africa/Johannesburg
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -6 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT +2 ) East London, South Africa |
Current Time in other Cities of South Africa
| Pietermaritzburg |
| Benoni |
| Bloemfontein |
| Vereeniging |
| Boksburg |
| Welkom |
| Newcastle |
| Krugersdorp |
| Diepsloot |
| Randburg |
| Roodepoort |
| Brakpan |
| Uitenhage |
| Emalahleni |
| Richards Bay |
| Vanderbijlpark |
| Centurion |
| Mdantsane |
| Paarl |
| Springs |
| Carletonville |
| Klerksdorp |
| Mthatha |
| George |
| Westonaria |
| Vryheid |
| Pinetown |
| Kimberley |
| eMbalenhle |
| Nigel |
What time zone is East London in?
East London runs on SAST. That places it 2 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+02:00); in a calendar, server config or booking form, select Africa/Johannesburg.
Clocks in East London stay put. With no summer-time switch, the UTC+02:00 offset is fixed and the differences shown below only shift when the other end changes.
With a population near 478,676, East London comes in 4th of the 46 South Africa cities we list.
Time gaps from East London right now
Current gap between East London and cities people most often need to coordinate with. These figures already account for daylight saving where it applies.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | East London is 6 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | East London is 9 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | East London is 1 hour ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | same time as East London |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | East London is 2 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | East London is 3 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | East London is 6 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | East London is 7 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | East London is 8 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | East London is 5 hours ahead |
When East London and other cities overlap
Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in East London local time.
| Paris | 09:00–17:00 in East London | 8 hours overlap |
| London | 10:00–17:00 in East London | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–15:00 in East London | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–13:30 in East London | 4.5 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Los Angeles or Sydney, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Same local time as East London
No difference at all from East London: the cities below share the Africa/Johannesburg zone.
Pietermaritzburg Benoni Bloemfontein Vereeniging Boksburg Welkom Newcastle Krugersdorp
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| Singapore, Singapore |
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