Soweto

About Soweto

Soweto is a city in South Africa. It uses South Africa Time (SAST).

Soweto does not observe daylight saving time.

Coordinates

-26.2678, 27.8585

Population

1,695,047

Time zone

Africa/Johannesburg

Country

South Africa

Capital

Pretoria

Calling code

+27

Airports

• HLA · Lanseria
• JNB · O. R. Tambo International

The current local time at Soweto's airports (HLA, JNB) is the same as the city time shown above.

Public holidays in South Africa (2026)

• New Year's DayThu, Jan 1
• Human Rights DaySat, Mar 21
• Good FridayFri, Apr 3
• Family DayMon, Apr 6
• Freedom DayMon, Apr 27
• Workers' DayFri, May 1
• Youth DayTue, Jun 16
• National Women's DayMon, Aug 10
• Heritage DayThu, Sep 24
• Day of ReconciliationWed, Dec 16
• Christmas DayFri, Dec 25
• Day of GoodwillSat, Dec 26

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Other cities in South Africa

• JohannesburgZA
• Cape TownZA
• DurbanZA
• PretoriaZA

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