Sunrise and Sunset Times in Australia
Pick a state or one of the largest cities below. Every place has today's sunrise and sunset, twilight, golden hour, moonrise and a full-year calendar in its own local time.
Australia spans from about 10°S at Cape York to nearly 44°S in southern Tasmania. In the tropical north, day length changes by only about an hour or two over the year, while Hobart's longest summer day is more than six hours longer than its shortest winter day.
The mainland uses three standard time zones: Australian Eastern (UTC+10), Central (UTC+9:30) and Western (UTC+8). Daylight saving time is observed only in New South Wales, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania and South Australia. In 2026 it ends on 5 April and starts again on 4 October. Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory do not observe it, so in summer Brisbane is an hour behind Sydney despite sharing the same standard time. Remember that the seasons are reversed: the longest day falls around the December solstice and the shortest around June.
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Local time in each city
| City | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney NSW | 13h 14m | ||
| Melbourne VIC | 13h 25m | ||
| Brisbane QLD | 12h 59m | ||
| Perth WA | 13h 09m | ||
| Adelaide SA | 13h 17m | ||
| Gold Coast QLD | 13h 00m | ||
| Newcastle NSW | 13h 12m | ||
| Sunshine Coast QLD | 12h 57m | ||
| Canberra ACT | 13h 18m | ||
| Central Coast NSW | 13h 13m | ||
| Logan City QLD | 12h 59m | ||
| Geelong VIC | 13h 26m | ||
| Wollongong NSW | 13h 16m | ||
| Hobart TAS | 13h 41m | ||
| Townsville QLD | 12h 41m | ||
| Cairns QLD | 12h 37m | ||
| Toowoomba QLD | 12h 59m | ||
| Darwin NT | 12h 29m | ||
| City of Port Phillip VIC | 13h 25m | ||
| Ballarat VIC | 13h 24m | ||
| Mandurah WA | 13h 11m | ||
| Bendigo VIC | 13h 22m | ||
| Caloundra QLD | 12h 57m | ||
| Launceston TAS | 13h 36m |