Australia
Time now in Wakefield
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:48Sunset 05:50Time zone UTC +9:30
Time zone
Australia/Adelaide
UTC offset
UTC +9:30
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
6,826
Sunrise
06:48
Sunset
05:50
Day length
11h 03m
Coordinates
-34.01, 138.39
Time difference from Wakefield
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Wakefield right now.
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About the time in Wakefield
Around 6,826 people live in Wakefield, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Sunrise today lands at 06:48 and sunset at 05:50 local time, giving 11h 03m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (-34.01, 138.39) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Wakefield.
Wakefield runs on Australia/Adelaide, 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Wakefield
- What time is it in Wakefield right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Wakefield, updating every second from Australia/Adelaide (UTC +9:30).
- Which time zone is Wakefield in?
- Wakefield uses Australia/Adelaide, currently UTC +9:30.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Wakefield?
- Wakefield is UTC +9:30 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Does Wakefield change its clocks for daylight saving?
- Yes, but it is not active today. The next change is on 4 October 2026.
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