Meeting time

Best time to meet: Cape Town and Philadelphia

Cape Town is 7 hours ahead of Philadelphia right now. Their working days overlap for 1 hour: 4 PM to 5 PM in Cape Town, which is 9 AM to 10 AM in Philadelphia. The easiest time to meet is 4 PM in Cape Town (9 AM in Philadelphia).

Tue 5:59 PMCape Town · South Africa Standard TimeTue 10:59 AMPhiladelphia · Eastern Standard Time
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Hour by hour

With the clocks as they are on November 10, 2026, Cape Town time on the left. A working day here is 9 AM to 5 PM.

Cape TownPhiladelphia
6 AM11 PM day beforeBoth off
7 AM12 AMBoth off
8 AM1 AMBoth off
9 AM2 AMCape Town at work
10 AM3 AMCape Town at work
11 AM4 AMCape Town at work
12 PM5 AMCape Town at work
1 PM6 AMCape Town at work
2 PM7 AMCape Town at work
3 PM8 AMCape Town at work
4 PM9 AMEasiest time
5 PM10 AMPhiladelphia at work
6 PM11 AMPhiladelphia at work
7 PM12 PMPhiladelphia at work
8 PM1 PMPhiladelphia at work
9 PM2 PMPhiladelphia at work
10 PM3 PMPhiladelphia at work

When the clocks change

The gap moves when either city changes its clocks. The next twelve months:

DatesCape Town isBoth at work (Cape Town time)Easiest (Cape Town / Philadelphia)
Now to March 14, 20277 hours ahead4 PM–5 PM (1 hour)4 PM / 9 AM
March 14, 2027 to November 7, 2027
clocks in Philadelphia go forward		6 hours ahead3 PM–5 PM (2 hours)4 PM / 10 AM
November 7, 2027 onward
clocks in Philadelphia go back		7 hours ahead4 PM–5 PM (1 hour)4 PM / 9 AM

Cape Town keeps the same clock as Johannesburg; Philadelphia keeps the same clock as New York.

Questions people ask

What time is it in Philadelphia when it is 9 AM in Cape Town?
2 AM in Philadelphia, while Cape Town is 7 hours ahead.
When is the best time for a call between Cape Town and Philadelphia?
4 PM in Cape Town, which is 9 AM in Philadelphia. Both cities are at work from 4 PM to 5 PM Cape Town time.
Does the time difference between Cape Town and Philadelphia change during the year?
Yes — it changes 2 times in the next twelve months, when the clocks go forward or back; the dates are in the table above.

More cities

New York and Cape Town1 hour of shared working day · meet at 9 AM New York timeLondon and Cape Town6 hours of shared working day · meet at 11:30 AM London timeLondon and Philadelphia3 hours of shared working day · meet at 3 PM London timeSan Francisco and Cape TownNo shared working hours · fairest at 7:30 AM San Francisco timeLos Angeles and Cape TownNo shared working hours · fairest at 7:30 AM Los Angeles timeBangalore and Cape Town4 hours 30 minutes of shared working day · meet at 1:30 PM Bangalore timeSingapore and Cape Town2 hours of shared working day · meet at 4 PM Singapore timeSan Francisco and Philadelphia5 hours of shared working day · meet at 10:30 AM San Francisco timeLos Angeles and Philadelphia5 hours of shared working day · meet at 10:30 AM Los Angeles timeBangalore and PhiladelphiaNo shared working hours · fairest at 6 PM Bangalore timeSingapore and PhiladelphiaNo shared working hours · fairest at 7 AM Singapore timeSydney and Cape TownNo shared working hours · fairest at 5 PM Sydney time

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