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Vitamin D from sunlight in South Africa

How long you need in the sun to make vitamin D, and when the sun is too low to make any at all, for 25 cities in South Africa.

CityLatitudeElevationVitamin D winter
Johannesburg 26.20°S 1,767 m none
Cape Town 33.93°S 25 m none
Durban 29.86°S 21 m none
Pretoria 25.74°S 1,332 m none
Soweto 26.27°S 1,632 m none
Gqeberha 33.96°S 61 m none
Soshanguve 25.47°S 1,179 m none
Pietermaritzburg 29.62°S 636 m none
Evaton 26.53°S 1,513 m none
Benoni 26.19°S 1,641 m none
Bloemfontein 29.12°S 1,396 m none
Thembisa 26.00°S 1,577 m none
East London 33.02°S 48 m none
Vereeniging 26.67°S 1,445 m none
Boksburg 26.21°S 1,624 m none
Welkom 27.98°S 1,376 m none
Newcastle 27.76°S 1,195 m none
Krugersdorp 26.09°S 1,724 m none
Rustenburg 25.67°S 1,171 m none
Emalahleni 25.87°S 1,629 m none
Randburg 26.09°S 1,593 m none
Roodepoort 26.16°S 1,738 m none
Botshabelo 29.27°S 1,448 m none
Brakpan 26.24°S 1,631 m none
Kariega 33.76°S 122 m none

How these dates are calculated