Current Time in Gold Coast, Australia 🇦🇺
Lat/Long: 28° S, 153.43° 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
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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Gold Coast
Sunrise
in Gold Coast
↑
6:38 AM
Sunset
in Gold Coast
↓
5:01 PM
Day Length
10h 22m
Dawn
in Gold Coast
6:12 AM
Dusk
in Gold Coast
5:27 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Gold Coast
Current Phase
Full Moon
Illumination
99.8%
Next Moonrise
↑
Today, 17:05
Next Moonset
↓
Tomorrow, 07:31
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FAQ — Time in Gold Coast
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 16:03:36 in Gold Coast, 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.
Gold Coast 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, Gold Coast does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at Australia/Brisbane (AEST) — UTC+10:00 year-round.
Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast'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.