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Time in San Francisco and Cape Town

The time difference between San Francisco, California, and Cape Town is 9 hours. Cape Town is 9 hours ahead of San Francisco.

San Francisco

  • The current local time in San Francisco is 6:31 am (March 28, 2024)
  • San Francisco is in the Pacific Daylight Time Zone
  • The time zone offset for San Francisco, United States, is UTC-07:00

Cape Town

  • The current local time in Cape Town is 3:31 pm (March 28, 2024)
  • Cape Town is in the South African Standard Time Zone
  • The time zone offset for Cape Town, South Africa, is UTC+02:00

How to convert San Francisco time to Cape Town time?

Add 9 hours to San Francisco time to get Cape Town time.

Time in San Francisco

00:00

Time in Cape Town

00:00

Use the slider above to convert San Francisco time to Cape Town time and view the day and night map at different times.

Day–night colors on the map:
Day colors Day
Civil twilight colors Civil twilight
Nautical twilight colors Nautical twilight
Astronomical twilight colors Astronomical twilight
Night colors Night

Time Conversion Chart

San FranciscoCape Town
12am9am
1am10am
2am11am
3am12pm
4am1pm
5am2pm
6am3pm
7am4pm
8am5pm
9am6pm
10am7pm
11am8pm
12pm9pm
1pm10pm
2pm11pm
3pm12am
4pm1am
5pm2am
6pm3am
7pm4am
8pm5am
9pm6am
10pm7am
11pm8am

Time difference from San Francisco (UTC-07:00)

-3 hours
+3 hours
+2 hours
+7 hours
+12 hours 30 minutes
+16 hours
+3 hours
+3 hours
+3 hours
+1 hour