Backwater in numbers
- Coordinates
- -30.0652, 151.8850
- Population
- 14
- Region
- New South Wales
- Country
- Australia, Oceania
- Capital
- Canberra — 635 km away
What time is it in Backwater, New South Wales, Australia
The clock above shows the current local time in Backwater, New South Wales, Australia, which uses Australia/Sydney (+11).
Backwater, Australia
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC+11 · Australia/Sydney
Local time in Backwater
UTC+11 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Backwater, New South Wales.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:57 AM Solar noon 12:37 PM Sunset 7:17 PM Daylight 13 h 20 min Night 10 h 40 min Civil twilight 5:32 AM – 7:43 PM
Weather in Backwater right now
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Backwater and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 2365
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in New South Wales
- Sydney 5 638 830
- Newcastle 508 437
- Central Coast 346 596
- Wollongong 280 153
- Maitland 89 597
- Coffs Harbour 78 759
Same time zone — Australia/Sydney
- Sydney Australia
Nearby places
- Oban — 7.8 km
- Tubbamurra — 12.6 km
- Mount Mitchell — 14.1 km
- Wards Mistake — 14.1 km
- Kookabookra — 17.9 km
- Blair Hill — 18.4 km
Time and daylight in Backwater
The sky over Backwater lightens at 5:57 AM and the sun sets at 7:17 PM. Daylight runs for 13 h 20 min today.
Backwater shares its time with neighbouring Oban and Tubbamurra.
Across Backwater, 1 postal code is recorded.
Clocks in Backwater take Australia/Sydney as their zone, reading UTC+11. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Backwater labeled?
- The time zone for Backwater is labeled Australia/Sydney, with an offset of +11.
- Is summer time in effect in Backwater at some point in the year?
- Daylight saving observed in Backwater: Yes.
- What is the sunrise time for Backwater?
- 5:57 AM.