Soweto

06 · South Africa

Soweto is a major city of South Africa, with a population of around 1.7M. This page covers the essentials — climate, currency, transit links — so you can plan a stop here without digging through a guidebook.

Population

1.7M

Timezone

Africa/Johannesburg

Currency

ZAR

Coordinates

-26.268, 27.858

🗺 Map 📖 Wikipedia

Nearest airports

HLA — Lanseria International Airport (37 km) JNB — O.R. Tambo International Airport (41 km)

Other cities in South Africa

Johannesburg Cape Town Durban Pretoria Gqeberha Soshanguve Pietermaritzburg Evaton Benoni Bloemfontein

City data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).