What time is it in Darwin?

03:12:33

Saturday 14 November 2026

Darwin, Australia
Time zone UTC+09:30
No daylight saving time
Sunrise 06:10 · sunset 18:51

Time difference with Darwin

Darwin is on UTC+09:30 right now: 9 h 30 min ahead of UTC all year round.

City	Time	Compared with Darwin
London United Kingdom	17:42	9 h 30 min behind
New York United States	12:42	14 h 30 min behind
Los Angeles United States	09:42	17 h 30 min behind
Paris France	18:42	8 h 30 min behind
Berlin Germany	18:42	8 h 30 min behind
Dubai United Arab Emirates	21:42	5 h 30 min behind
New Delhi India	23:12	4 hours behind
Singapore Singapore	01:42	1 h 30 min behind
Hong Kong Hong Kong	01:42	1 h 30 min behind
Tokyo Japan	02:42	30 min behind
Sydney Australia	04:42	1 h 30 min ahead
São Paulo Brazil	14:42	12 h 30 min behind

Compare any two places with the time zone converter or find a slot with the meeting planner.

Daylight saving time in Darwin

Darwin does not change its clocks: UTC+09:30 all year round.

History of local time in Darwin

Period	Legal time
since 26 March 1944	UTC+9:30 all year round

Official time zone (IANA database): Australia/Darwin. Daylight saving time around the world

Upcoming eclipses visible from Darwin

22 July 2028 · solar eclipsepartial, 88 % of the Sun covered at 12:32
25 November 2030 · solar eclipsepartial, 29 % of the Sun covered at 18:06
7 July 2028 · partial lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 03:49
1 January 2029 · total lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 02:22

All eclipses until 2035

Nearby places

Nearest time zone border: 607 km away, Lospalos (Timor-Leste) is 30 min behind Darwin all year round.

Place	Distance
Palmerston	16 km

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Sun and Moon in Darwin

Sunrise: 06:10
Sunset: 18:51
Day length: 12 h 40 min
Tomorrow: +1 min

Dawn 05:48, dusk 19:13, solar noon 12:30. Shortest day: 21 June 2026 (11 h 23 min); longest: 21 December 2026 (12 h 51 min).

Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 06:10 (14 November 2026), latest at 07:08 (29 June 2027); earliest sunset at 18:27 (24 May 2027), latest at 19:20 (24 January 2027).

Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 23 % illuminated
Moonrise 09:51 · moonset 23:04 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 21:17 · moon calendar

Other cities in Australia

Sydney1 h 30 min ahead
Melbourne1 h 30 min ahead
Brisbane30 min ahead
Perth1 h 30 min behind
Adelaide1 hour ahead
Gold Coast30 min ahead
Newcastle1 h 30 min ahead
Canberra1 h 30 min ahead
Central Coast1 h 30 min ahead
Sunshine Coast30 min ahead
Logan City30 min ahead
Hobart1 h 30 min ahead

Time in Australia: all cities and time zones

Good to know about the time in Darwin

Darwin is on Australian Central Time, UTC+9:30 all year round: the Northern Territory does not use daylight saving time.

Lying in the tropics, the city has days lasting from 11 hours 20 minutes to almost 13 hours. Adelaide, in the same time zone, puts its clocks forward in October: it is 1 hour ahead of Darwin in January and on the same time in July.