| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −9h | Becomes −10h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −8h | Becomes −9h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −6h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | −1h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | ±0h | Becomes +1h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −14h | Becomes −15h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −17h | Becomes −18h on 1 Nov |
Townsville, Australia runs on UTC+10. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+10 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Townsville and New York is 14 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. The time difference between Townsville and London is 9 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with London, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. The time difference between Townsville and Tokyo is 1 hour. 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 Brisbane, Gold Coast, Cairns. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Townsville.
Townsville (Australia) is home to roughly 200K people. Today brings about 12.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:55, sunset at 18:10. 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
UTC+10 · 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.
Townsville lies at 146.8°E. Its time zone, UTC+10, is built around the 150°E meridian. The 3.2° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 13 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:13 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+10 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 13h 17m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 10h 58m. The swing between them is 2h 19m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Townsville the sun comes up earliest on 26 November at 05:26, while the latest sunset waits until 18 January at 18:57. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Townsville that civil twilight runs about 22 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Townsville, Australia is Australia/Brisbane with a current UTC offset of UTC+10.
Townsville has an estimated population of 200K and is located at coordinates 19.26°S, 146.82°E.
Townsville gets 13h 17m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 58m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Townsville falls at about 12:13 on UTC+10 standard time, because the city sits 3.2° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Largest Coral Reef Aquarium: 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.