Parkes in numbers
- Coordinates
- -33.1372, 148.1760
- Population
- 9 832
- Region
- New South Wales
- Country
- Australia, Oceania
- Capital
- Canberra — 254 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia
See the local time in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia right now, measured in the Australia/Sydney time zone (+11).
Parkes, Australia
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC+11 · Australia/Sydney
Local time in Parkes
UTC+11 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Parkes, New South Wales.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:05 AM Solar noon 12:52 PM Sunset 7:39 PM Daylight 13 h 34 min Night 10 h 26 min Civil twilight 5:39 AM – 8:05 PM
Weather in Parkes right now
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Parkes and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 2600
- 2870
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
Other places named Parkes
- Parkes Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Same time zone — Australia/Sydney
- Sydney Australia
Nearby places
- Parkesborough — 5.2 km
- Mugincoble — 7.4 km
- Goobang — 8.0 km
- Nanardine — 9.6 km
- Brolgan — 10.2 km
- Tichborne — 10.4 km
About the time in Parkes
The sun shows itself over Parkes at 6:05 AM and sets at 7:39 PM today. That is 13 h 34 min of light.
Neighbouring Parkesborough and Mugincoble keep the same hours as Parkes.
The postal system lists 2 codes for Parkes.
Parkes runs its day on Australia/Sydney, which is offset UTC+11. Seasonal time adjustment: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Should Australia/Sydney be used as the time zone for Parkes?
- Yes, Parkes uses Australia/Sydney, whose offset is +11.
- Does Parkes use summer time?
- Yes.
- At what time is the sun rising in Parkes?
- The sun is rising at 6:05 AM.