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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 12:43, 19 January 2026
Overcast Clouds
19.7 °C Feels like 19.66 °C
Sunrise at 06:32
Sunset at 20:02
1013 hpa
Temperature is from 19.06 °C to 20.4 °C
Wind is 4.12 m/s
Clouds: 100 %

Exchange Rates on January 19, 2026 at 03:00
USD/ZAR
1 USD = 16,4092 ZAR
1 ZAR = 0,0609 USD
EUR/ZAR
1 EUR = 19,0720 ZAR
1 ZAR = 0,0524 EUR
rates are updated every 12h
these rates are for information purposes only

2 rand 2013