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 Caulfield South, Victoria, giving 13 hours, 37 minutes of daylight, 2 minutes 15 seconds longer than yesterday.
Local time, Australia/Melbourne (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 37m | +2m 15s | ||
| Sat 31 Oct | 13h 39m | +2m 13s | ||
| Sun 1 Nov | 13h 41m | +2m 13s | ||
| Mon 2 Nov | 13h 43m | +2m 11s | ||
| Tue 3 Nov | 13h 45m | +2m 11s | ||
| Wed 4 Nov | 13h 48m | +2m 09s | ||
| Thu 5 Nov | 13h 50m | +2m 08s |
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 Caulfield South.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Caulfield South |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caulfield | 1.5 km N | same minute | ||
| Elsternwick | 2.3 km WNW | same minute | ||
| Burwood | 9.6 km ENE | same minute | ||
| City of Port Phillip | 10 km NW | same minute | ||
| Melbourne | 11 km NNW | same minute | ||
| Balwyn North | 13 km NNE | same minute | ||
| Fawkner | 21 km NNW | 32 seconds later | ||
| Laverton | 23 km W | 1 minute 5 seconds later | ||
| St Albans | 26 km NW | 1 minute 9 seconds later | ||
| Frankston East | 28 km SSE | 49 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 Caulfield South, Victoria today, Friday, 30 October 2026, is at 6:16 AM AEDT, and sunset is at 7:52 PM.
Caulfield South gets 13 hours, 37 minutes of daylight today, 2 minutes 15 seconds longer than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Caulfield South runs from 7:16 PM to 8:09 PM AEDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Caulfield South is 22 December 2026, with 14 hours, 48 minutes of daylight. The shortest is 21 June 2026, with 9 hours, 32 minutes.
Caulfield South uses the Australia/Melbourne time zone, currently AEDT (UTC+11).
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