Current Local Time in Cairns
Australia Australia/Brisbane AEST UTC+10 No clock change
9:29:48 PM
Sunday, August 2, 2026
Nighttime UTC+10 (+10:00)
Static values shown for ; your browser updates them to the current second.
UTC offset now
UTC+10
Same on every date
Abbreviation
AEST
No seasonal variant
Daylight saving
No clock change
Cairns never changes its clocks
IANA time zone
Australia/Brisbane
Australia · Oceania
Cairns time zone
Cairns keeps a single offset all year. Local clocks run UTC+10, written AEST, and there is no seasonal adjustment — so the only reason your difference with Cairns would change is a clock change where you are.
- IANA time zone
- Australia/Brisbane
- Offset in standard time
- UTC+10 (AEST)
- Daylight saving time
- Not observed — no clock change
- Most recent clock change
- None on record in recent years
- Next clock change
- None scheduled — clocks stay as they are
- When it is 12:00 UTC
- 10:00 PM in January · 10:00 PM in July
Clock changes in Cairns, 2026–2028
Full record for Cairns → ten years back and ten forward, with each year's DST window.
No clock change. Cairns stays on UTC+10 (AEST) through 2028 under the rules currently published in the IANA time zone database. Governments do sometimes change these rules, so this page is regenerated from the latest database on every build.
Sun and moon in Cairns
Computed for -16.9186°, 145.7781° on August 2, 2026.
Sunrise
6:41 AM
Sunset
6:04 PM
Day length
11h 23m
+0m 40s vs yesterday
Solar noon
12:23 PM
Sun at its highest
| Phase | Morning | Evening | Sun's altitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomical twilight | 5:27 AM | 7:19 PM | −18° to −12° |
| Nautical twilight | 5:53 AM | 6:53 PM | −12° to −6° |
| Civil twilight | 6:19 AM | 6:27 PM | −6° to −0.833° |
| Sunrise / sunset | 6:41 AM | 6:04 PM | −0.833° (upper limb at the horizon) |
Across 2026, daylight in Cairns runs from about 11h 07m at the shortest day to 13h 08m at the longest.
Moon
Waning gibbous
80% illuminated · 19.1 days into the cycle · waning
- Moonrise
- 9:11 PM
- Moonset
- 8:52 AM
- Next full moon
- Aug 28, 2:19 PM
- Next new moon
- Aug 13, 3:38 AM
Sun and moon figures are computed locally from standard astronomical series (NOAA solar equations and Meeus' lunar terms) — accurate to about a minute at mid latitudes, and less near the poles where the sun crosses the horizon at a shallow angle.
Weather in Cairns
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Time difference between Cairns and other cities
Differences are computed from each city's own zone rules, so pairs whose clocks change on different dates show more than one value across the year.
| City | Local time | Difference | Across the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York United States | 7:29 AM | −14h | Varies: −14h / −15h |
| Sao Paulo Brazil | 8:29 AM | −13h | Fixed all year |
| London United Kingdom | 12:29 PM | −9h | Varies: −9h / −10h |
| Tel Aviv Israel | 2:29 PM | −7h | Varies: −7h / −8h |
| Cairo Egypt | 2:29 PM | −7h | Varies: −7h / −8h |
| Mumbai India | 4:59 PM | −4:30h | Fixed all year |
| Sydney Australia | 9:29 PM | ±0h | Varies: +1h / ±0h |
| Los Angeles United States | 4:29 AM | −17h | Varies: −17h / −18h |
Cairns at a glance
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Oceania
- Coordinates
- 16.9186° S, 145.7781° E
- IANA time zone
- Australia/Brisbane
- Currency
- AUD
- Language
- English
- Usual clock notation
- 12-hour
Only fields we can source are listed; nothing on this page is estimated. Sources are in data sources .
Questions fréquentes
What time is it in Cairns right now?
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Cairns, Australia, updated every second from your device's clock and converted with the Australia/Brisbane time zone rules. Cairns currently runs at UTC+10 (AEST) all year round.
What time zone is Cairns in?
The IANA identifier for Cairns is Australia/Brisbane. Its abbreviation is AEST all year.
What is the UTC offset in Cairns?
Cairns stays at UTC+10 throughout the year. Its clocks never move, so the offset shown here is the offset on every date.
Does Cairns observe daylight saving time?
No. Cairns does not use daylight saving time — there is no clock change in 2026, so UTC+10 applies on every date. Differences with cities that do change their clocks still move twice a year, because the other city shifts.
What is the time difference between Cairns and New York?
For most of 2026, New York is 14 hours behind Cairns. Because the two places change their clocks on different dates, the gap is 15 hours (New York behind Cairns) from January 1 – March 8 and November 1 – January 1.
What is the time difference between Cairns and Sao Paulo?
The gap is fixed: Sao Paulo is 13 hours behind Cairns on every date of the year.
What is the time difference between Cairns and London?
For most of 2026, London is 9 hours behind Cairns. Because the two places change their clocks on different dates, the gap is 10 hours (London behind Cairns) from January 1 – March 29 and October 25 – January 1.
How long is the day in Cairns?
Day length in Cairns ranges from about 11h 07m at the shortest day of 2026 to about 13h 08m at the longest. The sunrise and sunset section on this page shows today's figures for latitude -16.92°, longitude 145.78°.