Current time in Darwin, Australia
Australian Central Standard Time
UTC+09:30- Time zone
- Australian Central Standard Time · Australia/Darwin
- UTC offset now
- UTC+09:30
- Abbreviation
- ACST
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC+9:30 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Northern Territory, Australia · 12.46° S, 130.84° E
- Population
- 139,902
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Darwin at about 12:47 standard time: the clock runs about 47 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:30 and 13:01 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 21) | 06:50 | 18:56 | 12h 06m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 07:06 | 18:30 | 11h 24m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:35 | 18:42 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 22) | 06:19 | 19:10 | 12h 52m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:31–18:42 (12 h 11 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Dili, Timor-Leste · 720 km · clock 30 min behind
- Makassar, Indonesia · 1,490 km · clock 1 h 30 min behind
- Jayapura, Indonesia · 1,550 km · clock 30 min behind
- Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea · 1,810 km · clock 30 min ahead
- Surabaya, Indonesia · 2,060 km · clock 2 h 30 min behind
- Davao, Philippines · 2,250 km · clock 1 h 30 min behind