Australia · AEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Townsville, 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 Townsville 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 Townsville 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 Townsville 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 Townsville 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 Townsville.
Practical Info
Townsville (Australia) is home to roughly 200K people. Today brings about 10.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:48, sunset at 17:42. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+10 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 19° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Australia
Capital
Canberra
Continent
Oceania
Time Zone
AEST · Australia/Brisbane
Coordinates
19.26°S, 146.82°E
Currency
AUD ($)
Calling Code
+61
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Reef HQ in Townsville held the largest living coral reef aquarium in the world, a 2.5 million litre tank with a predator exhibit built around a shipwreck. The city is also the base for the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
The clock: Townsville keeps UTC+10 year-round. It averages around 300 sunny days a year, which is why it calls itself Australia's capital of sunshine.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap