Daylight in Australia: Sydney vs Melbourne vs Perth vs Darwin vs Hobart
Hobart swings more than six hours between winter and summer. Darwin barely moves at all. Here is how Australia's big cities really compare.
Today, Thursday, 29 October 2026, the sun rises at and sets at AEDT in Griffith, New South Wales, giving 13 hours, 23 minutes of daylight, 1 minute 58 seconds longer than yesterday.
Local time, Australia/Sydney (UTC+11)
| Dawn | Dusk | |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical −18° | ||
| Nautical −12° | ||
| Civil −6° | ||
| Sunrise / sunset |
| Morning | Evening | |
|---|---|---|
| Blue hour | – | – |
| Golden hour | – | – |
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today 29 Oct | 13h 23m | +1m 58s | ||
| Fri 30 Oct | 13h 25m | +1m 58s | ||
| Sat 31 Oct | 13h 27m | +1m 56s | ||
| Sun 1 Nov | 13h 29m | +1m 56s | ||
| Mon 2 Nov | 13h 31m | +1m 54s | ||
| Tue 3 Nov | 13h 33m | +1m 54s | ||
| Wed 4 Nov | 13h 35m | +1m 53s |
Sunrise and sunset each day; steps in the lines are clock changes.
| March equinox | 21 March 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| June solstice shortest day | 21 June 2026 | |
| September equinox | 23 September 2026 | |
| December solstice longest day | 22 December 2026 | |
| Clocks go back | 5 April 2026 | AEST |
| Clocks go forward | 4 October 2026 | AEDT |
89% illuminated · 18.0 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Wednesday, 25 November 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Griffith.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Griffith |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeton | 44 km SE | 1 minute 48 seconds earlier | ||
| Deniliquin | 171 km SW | 2 minutes 32 seconds later | ||
| Cobram VIC | 185 km SSW | other time zone | ||
| Cootamundra | 185 km ESE | 8 minutes 25 seconds earlier | ||
| Corowa | 192 km S | 3 minutes 53 seconds earlier | ||
| Yarrawonga VIC | 193 km S | 2 minutes 23 seconds earlier | ||
| Young | 207 km E | 9 minutes 2 seconds earlier | ||
| Forbes | 207 km ENE | 6 minutes 31 seconds earlier | ||
| Albury | 214 km SSE | 6 minutes 9 seconds earlier | ||
| West Wodonga VIC | 217 km SSE | other time zone |
Sunrise and sunset are the moments the top edge of the sun meets a flat, sea-level horizon, with standard atmospheric refraction (the sun's centre 0.833° below the horizon). Civil, nautical and astronomical twilight begin when the sun is 6°, 12° and 18° below. Golden hour is the sun between 6° above and 4° below.
Sunrise in Griffith, New South Wales today, Thursday, 29 October 2026, is at 6:18 AM AEDT, and sunset is at 7:41 PM.
Griffith gets 13 hours, 23 minutes of daylight today, 1 minute 58 seconds longer than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Griffith runs from 7:07 PM to 7:58 PM AEDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Griffith is 22 December 2026, with 14 hours, 27 minutes of daylight. The shortest is 21 June 2026, with 9 hours, 52 minutes.
Griffith uses the Australia/Sydney time zone, currently AEDT (UTC+11).
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