Lightning Ridge in numbers
- Coordinates
- -29.4274, 147.9790
- Population
- 2 636
- Region
- New South Wales
- Country
- Australia, Oceania
- Capital
- Canberra — 660 km away
What time is it in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia
This page tells you the time right now in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia, in the Australia/Sydney zone (+11).
Lightning Ridge, Australia
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+11 · Australia/Sydney
Local time in Lightning Ridge
UTC+11 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Lightning Ridge.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:30 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 7:19 PM Daylight 12 h 49 min Night 11 h 11 min Civil twilight 6:06 AM – 7:43 PM
Weather in Lightning Ridge right now
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Lightning Ridge and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 2834
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
- Grawin — 33.1 km
- New Angledool — 35.9 km
- Moongulla — 37.9 km
- Cumborah — 41.1 km
- Hebel — 53.6 km
- Collarenebri — 59.2 km
About the time in Lightning Ridge
The time you see for Lightning Ridge is also correct for Grawin and New Angledool.
Every address in Lightning Ridge sits within one of 1 postal code.
The time zone used in Lightning Ridge is Australia/Sydney, set at UTC+11. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
In Lightning Ridge, first light arrives at 6:30 AM and the sun goes down at 7:19 PM. The day holds 12 h 49 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is assigned to Lightning Ridge?
- Lightning Ridge is assigned to the Australia/Sydney time zone, with an offset of +11.
- Does the local time in Lightning Ridge include a summer time period?
- Yes.
- When does the sun disappear in Lightning Ridge?
- It disappears at 7:19 PM.