Wollongong in numbers
- Coordinates
- -34.3424, 150.8510
- Population
- 280 153
- Region
- New South Wales
- Country
- Australia, Oceania
- Capital
- Canberra — 189 km away
What time is it in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
The exact time in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia is given here, for the Australia/Sydney time zone (+10).
Wollongong, Australia
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+10 · Australia/Sydney
Local time in Wollongong
UTC+10 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Wollongong, New South Wales.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:14 Solar noon 11:57 Sunset 17:41 Daylight 11 h 27 min Night 12 h 33 min Civil twilight 05:48 – 18:06
Weather in Wollongong right now
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Wollongong and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 2500
- 2520
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
- Maitland 89 597
- Coffs Harbour 78 759
- Blue Mountains 78 121
Same time zone — Australia/Sydney
- Sydney Australia
Nearby places
- Russell Vale — 4.2 km
- Tarrawanna — 5.5 km
- Fern Hill — 5.5 km
- Bulli — 5.7 km
- Woonona — 5.8 km
- Mount Keira — 6.1 km
About the time in Wollongong
The time zone in effect for Wollongong is Australia/Sydney, at UTC+10. Daylight saving time observed: No.
The sun shows itself over Wollongong at 06:14 and sets at 17:41 today. That is 11 h 27 min of light.
Both Russell Vale and Tarrawanna are near Wollongong and keep its time.
Wollongong is served by a set of 2 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Wollongong?
- The entry corresponding to Wollongong is Australia/Sydney, with an offset of +10.
- Does daylight saving time apply in Wollongong?
- No.
- What time does the sun set in Wollongong?
- The sun sets in Wollongong at 17:41.