Pimville
in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality of Gauteng, South Africa
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Rand Airport (15 mi) - Lanseria Airport (23 mi)
- OR Tambo International Airport (23 mi)
- Grand Central Airport (24 mi)
- Wonderboom Airport (47 mi)
- Potchefstroom Airport (58 mi)
- Morningside Farm Airport (73 mi)
- Pilanesberg International Airport (79 mi)
- Vredefort Dome (Unesco heritage, 88 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -26.272 and 27.907 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -26° 16' 20" and E 27° 54' 24"
- 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: 01:25 PM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Africa/Johannesburg
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:30 am and 5:41 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: 2024-04-27 08:23:39
Delve into Pimville
Pimville in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (Gauteng) is a city located in South Africa about 40 mi (or 65 km) south-west of Pretoria, the country's capital town.
Current time in Pimville is now 01:25 PM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Africa / Johannesburg with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 8 airports closer to Pimville, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in South Africa is Rand Airport in a distance of 15 mi (or 25 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 88 mi (or 142 km), North-West. In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, 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: 19°C / 65 °F
| Morning Temperature | 15°C / 58 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 19°C / 67 °F |
| Night Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 3% |
| Air Humidity | 58% |
| Air Pressure | 1024 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 87% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
20°C (68 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, scattered clouds.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
20°C (69 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
23°C (73 °F)
19°C (67 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Valley Lodge & Spa
The Soweto Hotel & Conference Centre
Pimville Guesthouse
Zazas Guesthouse and Spa
Kwa-Eden Hotels and Conferencing
Eikenhof Country Guesthouse
Londolozi Private Game Reserve
Videos from this area
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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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Tour of Kliptown & Vilikazi Street, Soweto
Meadowbrook School and KYP Pen Pals Meet
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Walking Kliptown from Freedom square to reality township
Walking Kliptown from Freedom square to reality township.
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Nomadness SCAD Freefall Orlando Towers
Orlando Towers Johannesburg, South Africa.
SCAD Freefall, Orlando Towers, Soweto, RSA
Different camera viewpoints, including shot taken from participant during freefall.
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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.
Orlando Stadium
Orlando Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Soweto, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. The stadium was originally built in 1959, at a cost of £37,500, with a capacity of 24,000. It is currently used mostly for football matches, as the home stadium of Orlando Pirates FC of the Premier Soccer League, and is set to be utilized, as a training field, for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, after being completely rebuilt and reopened on 22 November 2008.
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital is the third largest hospital in the world after the West China hospital of Medical Sciences, Sichuan University and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, occupying 173 acres, with 3 200 beds and 6 760 staff members. The hospital is in the Soweto area south of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is one of the 40 Gauteng provincial hospitals, and is financed and managed by the Gauteng Provincial Department of Health.
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.
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