Moroka
in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality of Gauteng, South Africa
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Rand Airport (17 mi) - Lanseria Airport (22 mi)
- OR Tambo International Airport (24 mi)
- Grand Central Airport (25 mi)
- Wonderboom Airport (47 mi)
- Potchefstroom Airport (57 mi)
- Morningside Farm Airport (71 mi)
- Pilanesberg International Airport (77 mi)
- Vredefort Dome (Unesco heritage, 86 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -26.259 and 27.877 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -26° 15' 33" and E 27° 52' 36"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Rand - ZAR
- Spoken languages:
- Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English, Tswana, Southern Sotho, Tsonga, Swati, Venda, South Ndebele
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 08:00 AM (Friday)
- Timezone: Africa/Johannesburg
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:30 am and 5:42 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 20.784 and -156.023 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ka'eleku - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to South Africa.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning South Africa. Last Update: 2024-04-25 08:17:04
Explore Moroka
Moroka in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (Gauteng) is located in South Africa about 40 mi (or 65 km) south-west of Pretoria, the country's capital.
Local time in Moroka is now 08:00 AM (Friday). The local timezone is named Africa / Johannesburg with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 8 airports in the wider vicinity of Moroka, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in South Africa is Rand Airport in a distance of 17 mi (or 27 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Vredefort Dome in a distance of 86 mi (or 139 km), North-West. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Riverlea, Johannesburg, Randfontein, Krugersdorp and Westonaria. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 25°C / 76 °F
| Morning Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 23°C / 73 °F |
| Night Temperature | 19°C / 65 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 33% |
| Air Pressure | 1017 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from South |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 4% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
19°C (67 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
18°C (65 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
20°C (68 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Soweto Hotel & Conference Centre
Valley Lodge & Spa
Protea Hotel Johannesburg Balalaika Sandton
Pimville Guesthouse
Zazas Guesthouse and Spa
Londolozi Private Game Reserve
Videos from this area
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Soweto Drift Skhebstar
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Awesome Acapella Group from Soweto -TOGETHER
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Soweto : amélioration de l'accès à l'eau potable
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Zuid-Afrika: Fietstour Alexandra Soweto
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Soweto Coal Cart Horses
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Funny and flexible street performers in Soweto
Funny and flexible street performers in Soweto.
Soccer City Transition of time
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Südafrika: Ein Besuch in Soweto
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Tour of Kliptown & Vilikazi Street, Soweto
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Hector Pieterson Museum
The Hector Pieterson Museum is a large museum located in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa, two blocks away from where Hector Pieterson was shot and killed. The museum is named in his honour. It became one of the first museums in Soweto when it opened in 16 June 2002. A companion museum nearby is Mandela House, the former home of Nelson Mandela and his family, which has been run as a museum since 1997.
Avalon Cemetery
Avalon Cemetery is one of the largest graveyards in South Africa. It was opened in 1972, during the height of apartheid, as a graveyard exclusively for blacks. More than 300,000 people are buried on its 430 acres, the graves less than two feet apart. By 2010 the cemetery is expected to be at capacity, largely because of AIDS deaths.
Maponya Mall
Maponya Mall is a shopping centre in Soweto, South Africa. The 65,000 square-metre development cost R650m to build and officially opened in September 2007. The mall is owned by South African entrepreneur and property developer, Richard Maponya under The Maponya group in partnership with Investec and ZenProp property holdings.
Mandela House
The Nelson Mandela National Museum, commonly referred to as the Mandela House, is the house in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa, that former South African president Nelson Mandela lived in from 1946 to 1962. It is located at number 8115, at the corner of Vilakazi and Ngakane streets, as short distance up the road from the home of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. Mandela donated the house to the Soweto Heritage Trust (of which he is the founder) on 1 September 1997, to run as a museum.
Dobsonville Stadium
Dobsonville Stadium, commercially known as the Volkswagen Dobsonville Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Soweto, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is mostly used for football matches, but is also equipped with an athletics track. It is the home ground of Moroka Swallows, a football club which plays in the Premier Soccer League. It was also utilized as a training field for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, after being renovated in 2009 and brought up to FIFA standards.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Moroka.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Orlando, Moroka
