Time zone in Cairns
Cairns is located in Australia and uses the Australia/Brisbane time zone (Australian Eastern Standard Time). Its current offset from Coordinated Universal Time is UTC+10 (AEST).
Cairns does not observe daylight saving time: the time is UTC+10 all year round.
Today in Cairns the sun rises at 05:36 and sets at 18:25 (local time), giving 12 h 48 min of daylight. Approximate coordinates: 16.92° S, 145.77° E.
Compared with London, the time difference with Cairns is currently +10 h.
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