Current Time in Cairns, Australia 🇦🇺
Lat/Long: 16.92° S, 145.77° E
State: Queensland
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia
IANA Timezone: Australia/Brisbane
Timezone: AEST
Daylight Saving Time: No ❌
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in Australia: ACST, AEST, AWST, JST
Daylight Saving Timezone Abbreviations used in Australia: ACDT, AEDT
Time now in other cities in Australia:
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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Cairns
Sunrise
in Cairns
↑
6:40 AM
Sunset
in Cairns
↓
5:49 PM
Day Length
11h 09m
Dawn
in Cairns
6:16 AM
Dusk
in Cairns
6:13 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Cairns
Current Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
80.4%
Next Moonrise
↑
Today, 21:54
Next Moonset
↓
Tomorrow, 11:01
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FAQ — Time in Cairns
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 14:01:32 in Cairns, Australia. The clock at the top of this page updates live, second by second, synchronized with our server time. You can also check sunrise and sunset times for the same city.
Cairns uses Australia/Brisbane (AEST) — UTC+10:00. The IANA time zone identifier is Australia/Brisbane, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
No, Cairns does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at Australia/Brisbane (AEST) — UTC+10:00 year-round.
Cairns is currently +10:00 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is the global time standard from which all other time zones are offset. To see the matching Unix timestamp or run add/subtract calculations against Cairns's local time, use our time calculator.
Australia has chosen not to observe Daylight Saving Time. Many countries near the equator have little reason to shift clocks because daylight hours stay relatively constant year-round; others have abolished DST for policy reasons.