Australia Real-time Astronomical Calculations

7-Day Outlook

Next 7 Days Sunrise & Sunset Forecast for Australia

Automatic daily forecast calculated for this location. Times update with your selected date.

Date Sunrise Sunset Solar Noon Day Length Golden Hour (Eve)
City Breakdown

Major Cities in Australia

Sydney

Australia • New South Wales

Sydney, Australia's harbour metropolis, is famous for Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge bathed in crisp Pacific ocean sunrise light.

Melbourne

Australia • Victoria

Check sunrise and sunset times in Melbourne, Australia today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at -37.8136°, 144.9631° (Australia/Melbourne). Popular places to watch the sun include St Kilda Beach, Brighton Beach Boxes, Yarra River Southbank. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Brisbane

Australia • Queensland

Check sunrise and sunset times in Brisbane, Australia today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at -27.4698°, 153.0251° (Australia/Brisbane). Popular places to watch the sun include Kangaroo Point Cliffs, Story Bridge, Mount Coot-tha. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Perth

Australia • Western Australia

Check sunrise and sunset times in Perth, Australia today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at -31.9505°, 115.8605° (Australia/Perth). Popular places to watch the sun include Cottesloe Beach, Kings Park, Scarborough Beach. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Adelaide

Australia • South Australia

Check sunrise and sunset times in Adelaide, Australia today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at -34.9285°, 138.6007° (Australia/Adelaide). Popular places to watch the sun include Mount Lofty Summit, Glenelg Beach, Hallett Cove. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Canberra

Australia • Australian Capital Territory

Check sunrise and sunset times in Canberra, Australia today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at -35.2809°, 149.13° (Australia/Sydney). Popular places to watch the sun include Mount Ainslie Lookout, Lake Burley Griffin, Telstra Tower. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Australia Cities — Today's Sunrise & Sunset Times

Today's sunrise, sunset, and day length for all 10 cities in Australia on this site, computed with NOAA/Meeus solar algorithms and each city's local timezone.

CitySunriseSunsetDay Length
Sydney (New South Wales)
Melbourne (Victoria)
Brisbane (Queensland)
Perth (Western Australia)
Adelaide (South Australia)
Canberra (Australian Capital Territory)
Hobart (Tasmania)
Darwin (Northern Territory)
Gold Coast (Queensland)
Newcastle (New South Wales)

Solar & Astronomical Facts About Australia

  • 1Byron Bay on the East Coast is the first mainland location in Australia to witness the sunrise.
  • 2Hobart, Tasmania experiences up to 15 hours and 21 minutes of daylight in late December.
  • 3Australia's vast Outback provides some of the lowest light-pollution blue hours on Earth.

How Seasons Change Sunrise & Sunset in Australia

Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere, so the longest days fall around 21 December and the shortest around 21 June — the opposite of Europe, the US, and India. At the Canberra reference, June day length is 9h 45m and December is 14h 31m.

Daylight Saving Time is not uniform across Australia: some listed cities shift their clocks seasonally while others stay on standard time, which can make summer sunrise look earlier or later than geography alone would suggest.

Latitude still sets day length. In June, Darwin (-12.5° ) has 11h 23m of daylight versus 9h 0m in Hobart (-42.9°). In December those figures are 12h 51m and 15h 20m.

This country uses 7 IANA timezones among the cities listed here. Gold Coast and Perth do not share a clock, so comparing printed sunrise times without converting to UTC is misleading. On 21 June those local sunrises are 06:38 AM (Australia/Brisbane) and 07:17 AM (Australia/Perth).

Seasons are flipped: the longest days fall around the December solstice, and June is the short-day winter. Queensland (Brisbane) and Western Australia (Perth) generally skip daylight saving, so a December sunrise in Brisbane can print earlier than Sydney even when both sit on the east side of the continent.

Hobart notices the seasons; tropical Darwin barely does. Walk through the 2026 table in Australia’s December summer sunrise.

2026 Solstice Snapshot — Cities in Australia

Official sunrise and sunset (upper limb on a flat horizon) on 21 June (southern winter) and 21 December (southern summer), each city’s local timezone. Sorted east to west. Open a city page for the live calendar, azimuth, and golden hour.

City Timezone 21 Jun sunrise 21 Jun sunset Jun day 21 Dec sunrise 21 Dec sunset Dec day
Gold Coast Australia/Brisbane 06:38 AM 04:59 PM 10h 21m 04:47 AM 06:41 PM 13h 54m
Brisbane Australia/Brisbane 06:38 AM 05:01 PM 10h 23m 04:50 AM 06:41 PM 13h 51m
Newcastle Australia/Sydney 06:56 AM 04:54 PM 9h 58m 05:41 AM 08:00 PM 14h 19m
Sydney Australia/Sydney 07:01 AM 04:53 PM 9h 52m 05:41 AM 08:05 PM 14h 24m
Canberra Australia/Sydney 07:13 AM 04:58 PM 9h 45m 05:46 AM 08:17 PM 14h 31m
Hobart Australia/Hobart 07:43 AM 04:43 PM 9h 0m 05:28 AM 08:48 PM 15h 20m
Melbourne Australia/Melbourne 07:36 AM 05:08 PM 9h 32m 05:55 AM 08:41 PM 14h 46m
Adelaide Australia/Adelaide 07:24 AM 05:11 PM 9h 47m 05:59 AM 08:28 PM 14h 29m
Darwin Australia/Darwin 07:07 AM 06:30 PM 11h 23m 06:19 AM 07:10 PM 12h 51m
Perth Australia/Perth 07:17 AM 05:20 PM 10h 3m 05:08 AM 07:21 PM 14h 13m

At the Canberra reference in 2026, the longest civil day is Dec 16, 2026 (14h 31m 0s) and the shortest is Jun 17, 2026 (9h 45m 0s). Earliest sunrise and latest sunset often miss the solstice by a few days because of the Equation of Time.

Use this page for today’s times across Australia and a 7-day forecast. Times in the widget are computed for the capital reference (Canberra) in Australia/Sydney. The month calendar below adds azimuth, twilight, golden hour, and blue hour. City pages pick up longitude-specific clock shifts and popular viewpoints.

Full Month Sun Calendar

Canberra Sun Times — September 2026

Day-by-day sunrise, sunset, compass azimuth, day-length change, civil/nautical/astronomical twilight, golden hour, blue hour, and solar noon for Canberra in Australia/Sydney. Times use NOAA/Meeus algorithms with standard atmospheric refraction (zenith 90.833°). Scroll sideways for photography and twilight columns, or use the arrows to browse other months.

Date Sunrise Sunset Day Length Diff Solar Noon Civil Nautical Astronomical Golden hour Blue hour
Time Azimuth Time Azimuth Dawn Dusk Dawn Dusk Dawn Dusk Morning Evening Morning Evening
Tue, Sep 106:24 AM80° E05:44 PM280° W11h 20m 0s—12:04 PM05:59 AM06:09 PM05:29 AM06:39 PM05:00 AM07:08 PM06:09 AM – 06:58 AM05:10 PM – 06:00 PM05:49 AM – 06:09 AM06:00 PM – 06:19 PM
Wed, Sep 206:23 AM81° E05:45 PM279° W11h 22m 0s+2m 0s12:04 PM05:57 AM06:10 PM05:28 AM06:40 PM04:58 AM07:09 PM06:07 AM – 06:57 AM05:10 PM – 06:00 PM05:48 AM – 06:07 AM06:00 PM – 06:20 PM
Thu, Sep 306:22 AM81° E05:45 PM279° W11h 23m 0s+1m 0s12:03 PM05:56 AM06:11 PM05:27 AM06:40 PM04:57 AM07:10 PM06:06 AM – 06:56 AM05:11 PM – 06:01 PM05:46 AM – 06:06 AM06:01 PM – 06:21 PM
Fri, Sep 406:20 AM82° E05:46 PM278° W11h 26m 0s+3m 0s12:03 PM05:55 AM06:12 PM05:25 AM06:41 PM04:56 AM07:10 PM06:05 AM – 06:54 AM05:12 PM – 06:02 PM05:45 AM – 06:05 AM06:02 PM – 06:21 PM
Sat, Sep 506:19 AM82° E05:47 PM278° W11h 28m 0s+2m 0s12:03 PM05:53 AM06:12 PM05:24 AM06:42 PM04:54 AM07:11 PM06:03 AM – 06:53 AM05:13 PM – 06:02 PM05:43 AM – 06:03 AM06:02 PM – 06:22 PM
Sun, Sep 606:17 AM83° E05:48 PM277° W11h 31m 0s+3m 0s12:02 PM05:52 AM06:13 PM05:23 AM06:42 PM04:53 AM07:12 PM06:02 AM – 06:51 AM05:14 PM – 06:03 PM05:42 AM – 06:02 AM06:03 PM – 06:23 PM
Mon, Sep 706:16 AM83° E05:48 PM277° W11h 32m 0s+1m 0s12:02 PM05:51 AM06:14 PM05:21 AM06:43 PM04:52 AM07:13 PM06:00 AM – 06:50 AM05:14 PM – 06:04 PM05:41 AM – 06:00 AM06:04 PM – 06:24 PM
Tue, Sep 806:15 AM83° E05:49 PM276° W11h 34m 0s+2m 0s12:02 PM05:49 AM06:14 PM05:20 AM06:44 PM04:50 AM07:13 PM05:59 AM – 06:49 AM05:15 PM – 06:05 PM05:39 AM – 05:59 AM06:05 PM – 06:24 PM
Wed, Sep 906:13 AM84° E05:50 PM276° W11h 37m 0s+3m 0s12:01 PM05:48 AM06:15 PM05:18 AM06:45 PM04:49 AM07:14 PM05:58 AM – 06:47 AM05:16 PM – 06:05 PM05:38 AM – 05:58 AM06:05 PM – 06:25 PM
Thu, Sep 1006:12 AM84° E05:51 PM275° W11h 39m 0s+2m 0s12:01 PM05:46 AM06:16 PM05:17 AM06:45 PM04:48 AM07:15 PM05:56 AM – 06:46 AM05:17 PM – 06:06 PM05:37 AM – 05:56 AM06:06 PM – 06:26 PM
Fri, Sep 1106:10 AM85° E05:51 PM275° W11h 41m 0s+2m 0s12:00 PM05:45 AM06:17 PM05:16 AM06:46 PM04:46 AM07:16 PM05:55 AM – 06:44 AM05:17 PM – 06:07 PM05:35 AM – 05:55 AM06:07 PM – 06:26 PM
Sat, Sep 1206:09 AM85° E05:52 PM275° W11h 43m 0s+2m 0s12:00 PM05:44 AM06:17 PM05:14 AM06:47 PM04:45 AM07:16 PM05:53 AM – 06:43 AM05:18 PM – 06:08 PM05:34 AM – 05:53 AM06:08 PM – 06:27 PM
Sun, Sep 1306:08 AM86° E05:53 PM274° W11h 45m 0s+2m 0s12:00 PM05:42 AM06:18 PM05:13 AM06:48 PM04:43 AM07:17 PM05:52 AM – 06:41 AM05:19 PM – 06:08 PM05:32 AM – 05:52 AM06:08 PM – 06:28 PM
Mon, Sep 1406:06 AM86° E05:54 PM274° W11h 48m 0s+3m 0s12:00 PM05:41 AM06:19 PM05:11 AM06:48 PM04:42 AM07:18 PM05:51 AM – 06:40 AM05:20 PM – 06:09 PM05:31 AM – 05:51 AM06:09 PM – 06:29 PM
Tue, Sep 1506:05 AM87° E05:54 PM273° W11h 49m 0s+1m 0s11:59 AM05:39 AM06:20 PM05:10 AM06:49 PM04:40 AM07:19 PM05:49 AM – 06:38 AM05:21 PM – 06:10 PM05:30 AM – 05:49 AM06:10 PM – 06:29 PM
Wed, Sep 1606:03 AM87° E05:55 PM273° W11h 52m 0s+3m 0s11:59 AM05:38 AM06:20 PM05:08 AM06:50 PM04:39 AM07:19 PM05:48 AM – 06:37 AM05:21 PM – 06:11 PM05:28 AM – 05:48 AM06:11 PM – 06:30 PM
Thu, Sep 1706:02 AM88° E05:56 PM272° W11h 54m 0s+2m 0s11:59 AM05:36 AM06:21 PM05:07 AM06:51 PM04:37 AM07:20 PM05:46 AM – 06:35 AM05:22 PM – 06:11 PM05:27 AM – 05:46 AM06:11 PM – 06:31 PM
Fri, Sep 1806:00 AM88° E05:56 PM272° W11h 56m 0s+2m 0s11:58 AM05:35 AM06:22 PM05:06 AM06:51 PM04:36 AM07:21 PM05:45 AM – 06:34 AM05:23 PM – 06:12 PM05:25 AM – 05:45 AM06:12 PM – 06:32 PM
Sat, Sep 1905:59 AM89° E05:57 PM271° W11h 58m 0s+2m 0s11:58 AM05:34 AM06:23 PM05:04 AM06:52 PM04:34 AM07:22 PM05:43 AM – 06:32 AM05:24 PM – 06:13 PM05:24 AM – 05:43 AM06:13 PM – 06:32 PM
Sun, Sep 2005:57 AM89° E05:58 PM271° W12h 1m 0s+3m 0s11:57 AM05:32 AM06:23 PM05:03 AM06:53 PM04:33 AM07:23 PM05:42 AM – 06:31 AM05:24 PM – 06:13 PM05:22 AM – 05:42 AM06:13 PM – 06:33 PM
Mon, Sep 2105:56 AM90° E05:59 PM270° W12h 3m 0s+2m 0s11:57 AM05:31 AM06:24 PM05:01 AM06:54 PM04:31 AM07:23 PM05:40 AM – 06:30 AM05:25 PM – 06:14 PM05:21 AM – 05:40 AM06:14 PM – 06:34 PM
Tue, Sep 2205:55 AM90° E05:59 PM270° W12h 4m 0s+1m 0s11:57 AM05:29 AM06:25 PM05:00 AM06:54 PM04:30 AM07:24 PM05:39 AM – 06:28 AM05:26 PM – 06:15 PM05:19 AM – 05:39 AM06:15 PM – 06:35 PM
Wed, Sep 2305:53 AM91° E06:00 PM269° W12h 7m 0s+3m 0s11:56 AM05:28 AM06:26 PM04:58 AM06:55 PM04:28 AM07:25 PM05:38 AM – 06:27 AM05:27 PM – 06:16 PM05:18 AM – 05:38 AM06:16 PM – 06:35 PM
Thu, Sep 24 Today05:52 AM91° E06:01 PM269° W12h 9m 0s+2m 0s11:56 AM05:26 AM06:26 PM04:57 AM06:56 PM04:27 AM07:26 PM05:36 AM – 06:25 AM05:27 PM – 06:17 PM05:16 AM – 05:36 AM06:17 PM – 06:36 PM
Fri, Sep 2505:50 AM91° E06:02 PM268° W12h 12m 0s+3m 0s11:56 AM05:25 AM06:27 PM04:55 AM06:57 PM04:25 AM07:27 PM05:35 AM – 06:24 AM05:28 PM – 06:17 PM05:15 AM – 05:35 AM06:17 PM – 06:37 PM
Sat, Sep 2605:49 AM92° E06:02 PM268° W12h 13m 0s+1m 0s11:55 AM05:23 AM06:28 PM04:54 AM06:58 PM04:24 AM07:28 PM05:33 AM – 06:22 AM05:29 PM – 06:18 PM05:13 AM – 05:33 AM06:18 PM – 06:38 PM
Sun, Sep 2705:47 AM92° E06:03 PM268° W12h 16m 0s+3m 0s11:55 AM05:22 AM06:29 PM04:52 AM06:58 PM04:22 AM07:29 PM05:32 AM – 06:21 AM05:30 PM – 06:19 PM05:12 AM – 05:32 AM06:19 PM – 06:39 PM
Mon, Sep 2805:46 AM93° E06:04 PM267° W12h 18m 0s+2m 0s11:55 AM05:20 AM06:29 PM04:51 AM06:59 PM04:20 AM07:29 PM05:30 AM – 06:19 AM05:31 PM – 06:20 PM05:11 AM – 05:30 AM06:20 PM – 06:39 PM
Tue, Sep 2905:44 AM93° E06:05 PM267° W12h 21m 0s+3m 0s11:54 AM05:19 AM06:30 PM04:49 AM07:00 PM04:19 AM07:30 PM05:29 AM – 06:18 AM05:31 PM – 06:20 PM05:09 AM – 05:29 AM06:20 PM – 06:40 PM
Wed, Sep 3005:43 AM94° E06:06 PM266° W12h 23m 0s+2m 0s11:54 AM05:18 AM06:31 PM04:48 AM07:01 PM04:17 AM07:31 PM05:27 AM – 06:16 AM05:32 PM – 06:21 PM05:08 AM – 05:27 AM06:21 PM – 06:41 PM

Tip: pair this calendar with our Day Length, Twilight, and Golden Hour tools for photography and planning.

Australia Sunrise & Sunset by Month (2026)

This table shows the sunrise, sunset, and day length in Australia on the 1st of every month, computed with the same NOAA/Meeus solar algorithms used across this site. Day length is longest in January and shortest in July.

MonthSunriseSunsetDay Length
January 105:53 AM08:21 PM14h 28m 0s
February 106:23 AM08:11 PM13h 48m 0s
March 106:50 AM07:41 PM12h 51m 0s
April 107:16 AM06:58 PM11h 42m 0s
May 106:41 AM05:21 PM10h 40m 0s
June 107:04 AM04:59 PM9h 55m 0s
July 107:14 AM05:01 PM9h 47m 0s
August 106:59 AM05:20 PM10h 21m 0s
September 106:24 AM05:44 PM11h 20m 0s
October 105:42 AM06:06 PM12h 24m 0s
November 106:02 AM07:33 PM13h 31m 0s
December 105:42 AM08:02 PM14h 20m 0s
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Why Australia’s Longest Days Are in December (Sydney, Perth, Darwin & Brisbane) Australia Guides
11 min read • August 15, 2026

Why Australia’s Longest Days Are in December (Sydney, Perth, Darwin & Brisbane)

Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere, so summer solstice is in December. Here is how Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Darwin, and Hobart disagree — including Queensland’s no-DST clock.

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Australia Sunrise & Sunset FAQ

The longest day occurs around December 21-22 during the Southern Hemisphere summer solstice.
Sunset in Sydney reaches around 8:10 PM AEDT in January.
Sunrise and sunset in Australia are calculated daily from its coordinates and the Australia/Sydney timezone. Check the live solar cards on this page for today’s exact local times, day length, and the countdown to the next event.
Today the sun rises at 79° E and sets at 281° W in Australia. Face that compass bearing from an open viewpoint — sunrise is rarely due east, and sunset is rarely due west.
Evening golden hour in Australia starts about an hour before sunset; evening blue hour follows as the Sun drops below the horizon. Morning windows are listed in the golden hour section on this page.
In 2026, the longest day in Australia is Dec 16, 2026 with 14h 31m 0s of daylight, and the shortest is Jun 17, 2026 with 9h 45m 0s.
In 2026, the earliest sunrise in Australia is 05:39 AM on Oct 3, 2026. The latest sunset is 08:21 PM on Jan 1, 2026. The latest sunrise is 07:18 AM on Apr 3, 2026, and the earliest sunset is 04:57 PM on Jun 9, 2026. These clock-time extremes often miss the solstice by a few days because of the Equation of Time.
Yes, Australia shifts its clocks for Daylight Saving Time, which changes sunrise and sunset by one hour on the local clock during part of the year.