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Capital:	Pretoria
Population:	60.142.978
Current Currency:	South African rand (ZAR)
Continent:	Africa
Demonym:	South African
Official Languages:	English, Zulu, Swazi, Afrikaans
Ethnic Groups:	Black, Coloured, White, Asian
Religions:	Christianity, Irreligious, Traditional faiths, Islam, Hinduism
Borders:	Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, Zimbabwe
Country Calling Code:	+27
Top Level Domain:	.za
ISO Alpha-2 Country Code:	ZA
ISO Alpha-3 Country Code:	ZAF

Current weather in
Pretoria, South Africa
Local time is 11:12, 31 January 2026
Clear Sky
25.88 °C Feels like 25.57 °C
Sunrise at 06:41
Sunset at 19:59
1014 hpa
Temperature is from 25.88 °C to 25.88 °C
Wind is 2.1 m/s
Clouds: 5 %

Exchange Rates on January 31, 2026 at 06:00
USD/ZAR
1 USD = 16,1435 ZAR
1 ZAR = 0,0619 USD
EUR/ZAR
1 EUR = 19,1361 ZAR
1 ZAR = 0,0523 EUR
rates are updated every 12h
these rates are for information purposes only

2 rand 2013