Australia
Time now in Northern Territory
Sunrise 06:52Sunset 06:22Time zone UTC +9:30
Time zone
Australia/Darwin
UTC offset
UTC +9:30
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
260,400
Sunrise
06:52
Sunset
06:22
Day length
11h 31m
Coordinates
-20.00, 134.00
Time difference from Northern Territory
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Northern Territory right now.
Northern Territory on the map
About the time in Northern Territory
Around 260,400 people live in Northern Territory, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Northern Territory runs on Australia/Darwin, which puts the city UTC +9:30 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Northern Territory day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 23:30–07:30 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Frequently asked questions about time in Northern Territory
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Northern Territory?
- Northern Territory is UTC +9:30 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Northern Territory right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Northern Territory, updating every second from Australia/Darwin (UTC +9:30).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Australia/Darwin, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Northern Territory in?
- Northern Territory uses Australia/Darwin, currently UTC +9:30.
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