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 page gives the present local time in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, whose time zone is Australia/Sydney (+11).
Wollongong, Australia
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC+11 · Australia/Sydney
Local time in Wollongong
UTC+11 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Wollongong, New South Wales.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:49 AM Solar noon 12:42 PM Sunset 7:34 PM Daylight 13 h 45 min Night 10 h 15 min Civil twilight 5:22 AM – 8:01 PM
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+11. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
In Wollongong, first light arrives at 5:49 AM and the sun goes down at 7:34 PM. The day holds 13 h 45 min of light.
The clock does not change between Wollongong, Russell Vale and Fern Hill.
The postal system lists 2 codes for Wollongong.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone entry corresponds to Wollongong?
- The entry corresponding to Wollongong is Australia/Sydney, with an offset of +11.
- Does daylight saving time apply in Wollongong?
- Yes.
- What time does the sun set in Wollongong?
- The sun sets in Wollongong at 7:34 PM.