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 Orange, New South Wales, giving 13 hours, 20 minutes of daylight, 1 minute 54 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 20m | +1m 54s | ||
| Fri 30 Oct | 13h 22m | +1m 53s | ||
| Sat 31 Oct | 13h 24m | +1m 52s | ||
| Sun 1 Nov | 13h 26m | +1m 51s | ||
| Mon 2 Nov | 13h 28m | +1m 51s | ||
| Tue 3 Nov | 13h 30m | +1m 49s | ||
| Wed 4 Nov | 13h 31m | +1m 49s |
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 Orange.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Orange |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bathurst | 47 km ESE | 2 minutes 7 seconds earlier | ||
| Kelso | 49 km ESE | 2 minutes 11 seconds earlier | ||
| Cowra | 72 km SSW | 49 seconds later | ||
| Parkes | 88 km W | 3 minutes 54 seconds later | ||
| Mudgee | 89 km NNE | 58 seconds earlier | ||
| Lithgow | 100 km ESE | 4 minutes 29 seconds earlier | ||
| Forbes | 102 km W | 4 minutes 13 seconds later | ||
| Katoomba | 122 km ESE | 5 minutes 27 seconds earlier | ||
| Dubbo | 125 km NNW | 3 minutes 26 seconds later | ||
| Young | 136 km SSW | 1 minute 43 seconds later |
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 Orange, New South Wales today, Thursday, 29 October 2026, is at 6:07 AM AEDT, and sunset is at 7:28 PM.
Orange gets 13 hours, 20 minutes of daylight today, 1 minute 54 seconds longer than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Orange runs from 6:54 PM to 7:44 PM AEDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Orange is 22 December 2026, with 14 hours, 22 minutes of daylight. The shortest is 21 June 2026, with 9 hours, 57 minutes.
Orange uses the Australia/Sydney time zone, currently AEDT (UTC+11).
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