Best overlap: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town is 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Hamburg.
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town is when Hamburg is also working, at 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM their time. The 1-hour gap barely gets in the way — you've got 9 hours of overlap, so pick whatever time fits the agenda. Watch the DST gap — when Hamburg changes its clocks and Cape Town stays the same, this window slides by an hour.
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