Nelson Bay in numbers
- Coordinates
- -32.7204, 152.1440
- Population
- 6 096
- Region
- New South Wales
- Country
- Australia, Oceania
- Capital
- Canberra — 398 km away
What time is it in Nelson Bay, New South Wales, Australia
This page displays how late it is in Nelson Bay, New South Wales, Australia, in the Australia/Sydney time zone (+11).
Nelson Bay, Australia
Sunday, 18 October 2026
UTC+11 · Australia/Sydney
Local time in Nelson Bay
UTC+11 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Nelson Bay, New South Wales.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:09 AM Solar noon 12:38 PM Sunset 7:06 PM Daylight 12 h 57 min Night 11 h 03 min Civil twilight 5:44 AM – 7:31 PM
Weather in Nelson Bay right now
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Nelson Bay and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 2315
- 7330
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
- Shoal Bay — 2.9 km
- Corlette — 3.4 km
- Fingal Bay — 4.1 km
- Winda Woppa — 4.7 km
- Pindimar — 6.0 km
- Salamander Bay — 6.1 km
Time and daylight in Nelson Bay
The time given for Nelson Bay holds for nearby Shoal Bay and Corlette too.
2 postal codes have been allocated to Nelson Bay.
Nelson Bay holds to Australia/Sydney time, which equals UTC+11. Clock adjustment for daylight saving: Yes.
Today the sun rises over Nelson Bay at 6:09 AM and sets at 7:06 PM. That is 12 h 57 min of daylight in all.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Nelson Bay observe?
- Nelson Bay observes Australia/Sydney, whose offset is +11.
- Does the time in Nelson Bay shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunset in Nelson Bay?
- Today the sun sets at 7:06 PM.