The time difference between Cape Town and New York is 6 hours. When it is 12:00 noon in Cape Town, it is 06:00 in New York. Cape Town uses the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (UTC+2), while New York uses America/New_York (UTC-4).
There are 2 overlapping business hours between Cape Town and New York (assuming 9:00–17:00 in each city). The ideal window for calls and meetings is:
Use this table to quickly convert any hour from Cape Town time to New York time. Rows highlighted in green indicate overlapping business hours in both cities.
| Cape Town | New York | |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 18:00 (-1 day) | Night |
| 01:00 | 19:00 (-1 day) | Night |
| 02:00 | 20:00 (-1 day) | Night |
| 03:00 | 21:00 (-1 day) | Night |
| 04:00 | 22:00 (-1 day) | Night |
| 05:00 | 23:00 (-1 day) | Night |
| 06:00 | 00:00 | |
| 07:00 | 01:00 | |
| 08:00 | 02:00 | |
| 09:00 | 03:00 | |
| 10:00 | 04:00 | |
| 11:00 | 05:00 | |
| 12:00 | 06:00 | |
| 13:00 | 07:00 | |
| 14:00 | 08:00 | |
| 15:00 | 09:00 | Overlap |
| 16:00 | 10:00 | Overlap |
| 17:00 | 11:00 | |
| 18:00 | 12:00 | |
| 19:00 | 13:00 | |
| 20:00 | 14:00 | |
| 21:00 | 15:00 | |
| 22:00 | 16:00 | Night |
| 23:00 | 17:00 | Night |
New York is currently observing daylight saving time, while Cape Town is on standard time. When New York switches back to standard time, the difference between these two cities will shift by 1 hour.
The time difference is 6 hours. New York is 6 hours behind Cape Town.
Yes. One of these cities observes DST while the other does not, so the difference shifts by 1 hour when DST begins or ends.
The best window is between 15:00 and 17:00 Cape Town time, which corresponds to 09:00–11:00 in New York. Both sides fall within normal business hours.
Subtract 6 hours from Cape Town time to get New York time. Use the hour-by-hour table above for a quick reference.
For sunrise and sunset data, visit TheSunsetTimes.com. For detailed DST schedules, see DaylightSavingTime.info.