What time is it in Darwin?
5:49:56 AM
Thursday, September 24, 2026 in Darwin, Australia (Northern Territory). UTC+9:30.
- UTC offset
- UTC+9:30
- Daylight saving
- Not observed
- Versus Sydney
- 30 minutes behind
- Versus New York
- 13 hours 30 minutes ahead
Why Darwin has its own time
Australia spans 12 time zones, so the answer depends on where in it you mean. Darwin covers northern territory and is 30 minutes behind Sydney, which is the zone most people mean by “the time in Australia”.
Darwin does not observe daylight saving, so its offset from UTC never moves. Its relationship to places that do change shifts twice a year instead.
The other zones in Australia
- Sydney6:19 am · UTC+10:00
- Lord Howe6:49 am · UTC+10:30
- Macquarie6:19 am · UTC+10:00
- Hobart6:19 am · UTC+10:00
- Melbourne6:19 am · UTC+10:00
- Broken Hill5:49 am · UTC+9:30
- Brisbane6:19 am · UTC+10:00
- Lindeman6:19 am · UTC+10:00
- Adelaide5:49 am · UTC+9:30
- Darwin — here5:49 am · UTC+9:30
- Perth4:19 am · UTC+8:00
- Eucla5:04 am · UTC+8:45