DST · South Africa
Daylight saving · 2025.
South Africa does not observe daylight saving time. The clock stays fixed.
What changes
- Zone
Africa/Johannesburg· the IANA timezone for South Africa's capital region. Some large countries (US, Brazil, Russia) span multiple zones — this page shows the headline zone.- Why DST?
- It shifts daylight from morning to evening during summer. Most countries near the equator skip it (sunrise/sunset shift little across the year). Several US states and EU member states have proposed abolishing it.