Australia · AEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Cairns, Australia runs on UTC+10. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+10 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 14-hour difference between Cairns and New York. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. There is a 9-hour difference between Cairns and London. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with London, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. There is a 1-hour difference between Cairns and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Cairns lines up with 09:00–17:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Cairns.
Practical Info
Cairns (Australia) is home to roughly 157K people. Today brings about 11.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:36, sunset at 17:54. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+10 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 17° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Australia
Capital
Canberra
Continent
Oceania
Time Zone
AEST · Australia/Brisbane
Coordinates
16.92°S, 145.78°E
Currency
AUD ($)
Calling Code
+61
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Great Barrier Reef stretches roughly 2,300 kilometres and covers about 344,000 square kilometres — the largest structure built by living organisms on Earth, and visible from orbit. Cairns is its main access point.
The clock: Cairns keeps UTC+10 with no daylight saving, which is one reason Queensland voted against it: the tropics see barely any seasonal daylight variation to shift.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap