Barkly West
in Frances Baard District Municipality of Northern Cape, South Africa
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Kimberley Airport (24 mi) - Lime Acres Finsch Mine Airport (67 mi)
- Reivilo Airport (72 mi)
- Johan Pienaar Airport (101 mi)
- Vryburg Airport (108 mi)
- Sishen Airport (111 mi)
- J B M Hertzog International Airport (114 mi)
- Prieska Airport (132 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -28.535 and 24.522 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -28° 32' 7" and E 24° 31' 17"
- 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: 09:07 AM (Wednesday)
- Timezone: Africa/Johannesburg
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:20 am and 6:51 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 21.701 and -157.972 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Marconi - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- 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: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore Barkly West
Barkly West in Frances Baard District Municipality (Northern Cape) with it's 11,621 inhabitants is located in South Africa about 297 mi (or 477 km) south-west of Pretoria, the country's capital.
Local time in Barkly West is now 09:07 AM (Wednesday). The local timezone is named Africa / Johannesburg with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 8 airports in the wider vicinity of Barkly West. The closest airport in South Africa is Kimberley Airport in a distance of 24 mi (or 38 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
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: Kimberley, Warrenton, Boshof, Hartswater and Christiana. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 30°C / 86 °F
| Morning Temperature | 21°C / 70 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 30°C / 86 °F |
| Night Temperature | 22°C / 72 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 16% |
| Air Pressure | 1012 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 17 km/h (10 mph) from North-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 4% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Thursday, 14th of November 2024
29°C (85 °F)
21°C (69 °F)
Sky is clear, strong breeze, clear sky.
Friday, 15th of November 2024
30°C (86 °F)
25°C (77 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
33°C (91 °F)
22°C (72 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Die Olyfhuis
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.
Barkly West Museum
The Barkly West Museum was established in 2000 in the old Toll House beside the Barkly Bridge which crosses the Vaal River at Barkly West in the Northern Cape, South Africa.
Canteen Kopje
Canteen Kopje is a spectacularly rich Earlier Stone Age situated outside Barkly West in the Northern Cape, South Africa. It is a Provincial Heritage Site and has an open air trail including information boards. Further information, with examples of artefacts from the site (and a replica of the Canteen Kopje skull), is displayed at the Barkly West Museum as well as the McGregor Museum in nearby Kimberley.
St Mary's, Barkly West
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Barkly West, was for some years the principal Anglican parish on the Diamond Fields, South Africa, and the churches established soon afterwards at the Dry Diggings – what would become Kimberley – were at first mere outstations.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Barkly West.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Barkly-Wes, Barkly West
