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, Friday, 30 October 2026, the sun rises at and sets at AEDT in Young, New South Wales, giving 13 hours, 25 minutes of daylight, 1 minute 57 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 30 Oct | 13h 25m | +1m 57s | ||
| Sat 31 Oct | 13h 27m | +1m 57s | ||
| 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 | ||
| Thu 5 Nov | 13h 37m | +1m 52s |
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 |
80% illuminated · 19.1 days old
Moonrise — · Moonset
Next full moon: the Beaver Moon, Wednesday, 25 November 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Young.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Young |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cootamundra | 44 km SW | 36 seconds later | ||
| Cowra | 64 km NE | 52 seconds earlier | ||
| Yass | 81 km SE | 3 minutes 14 seconds earlier | ||
| Forbes | 107 km NNW | 2 minutes 33 seconds later | ||
| Tumut | 111 km S | 1 minute 10 seconds earlier | ||
| Parkes | 131 km N | 2 minutes 14 seconds later | ||
| Canberra ACT | 132 km SE | 4 minutes 47 seconds earlier | ||
| Orange | 136 km NNE | 1 minute 40 seconds earlier | ||
| Goulburn | 139 km ESE | 6 minutes 20 seconds earlier | ||
| Tuggeranong ACT | 141 km SSE | 4 minutes 45 seconds earlier |
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 Young, New South Wales today, Friday, 30 October 2026, is at 6:08 AM AEDT, and sunset is at 7:33 PM.
Young gets 13 hours, 25 minutes of daylight today, 1 minute 57 seconds longer than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Young runs from 6:59 PM to 7:50 PM AEDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Young is 22 December 2026, with 14 hours, 27 minutes of daylight. The shortest is 21 June 2026, with 9 hours, 52 minutes.
Young uses the Australia/Sydney time zone, currently AEDT (UTC+11).
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