It is 10:05 on Saturday, October 3, 2026 in Darwin, Australia. The city runs on UTC+9:30 (ACST), which puts it 12 hours 30 minutes ahead of Brasília.
Time zone and UTC offset in Darwin
Darwin follows the Australia/Darwin time zone, abbreviated ACST. Right now its offset from Coordinated Universal Time is UTC+9:30. Note the 30-minute fraction: unlike most of the world, this zone is not set on a whole hour, so the difference from Brasília is not a round number of hours either.
Darwin does not observe daylight saving time and no clock change is scheduled for the next year. Its offset stays at UTC+9:30 all year round. Brazil abolished daylight saving time in 2019, so the gap between the two stays fixed at 12 hours 30 minutes. That makes scheduling predictable: a meeting booked for any date of the year at a given Brasília time always lands at the same local time in Darwin.
Time difference between Brasília and Darwin
To convert, take Brasília time and add 12 hours 30 minutes; when the sum passes midnight, the date in Darwin is already the next day. The table uses today's offsets.
Going the other way, local noon in Darwin is 23:30 (previous day) in Brasília, and local midnight is 11:30 (previous day) in Brasília. Because Darwin is ahead, its calendar date is one day later than in Brasília from 11:30 until midnight Brasília time. Keep this in mind for deadlines, flights and anything scheduled around the start or end of a day.
| Brasília (UTC-3) | Darwin (UTC+9:30) |
|---|---|
| 06:00 | 18:30 |
| 09:00 | 21:30 |
| 12:00 | 00:30 (next day) |
| 15:00 | 03:30 (next day) |
| 18:00 | 06:30 (next day) |
| 21:00 | 09:30 (next day) |
Best time to call Darwin from Brazil
With a difference of 12 hours 30 minutes, the 9:00 to 18:00 working days do not overlap at all. The least inconvenient slot is around 18:00 in Brasília, which is 06:30 (next day) in Darwin: one side will be early or late, so agree in writing who takes the awkward hour. Messages and recorded updates work better than live calls here.
For several cities at once, use the meeting planner, or convert any hour with the time zone converter.
Sunrise and sunset in Darwin today
Today the Sun rises in Darwin at 06:29 and sets at 18:42 local time, a daylight span of 12h 13min, with solar noon at 12:35. See other places on the sunrise and sunset page.
Where is Darwin?
Darwin is at 12.47° S, 130.83° E (country: Australia). Compare more places on world time or in the list of cities.