Palmerston in numbers
- Coordinates
- -12.4860, 130.9830
- Population
- 33 695
- Region
- Northern Territory
- Country
- Australia, Oceania
- Capital
- Canberra — 3123 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia
Read off the current local time in Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia, which belongs to the Australia/Darwin zone (+9:30).
Palmerston, Australia
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+9:30 · Australia/Darwin
Local time in Palmerston
UTC+9:30 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Palmerston.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:50 Solar noon 12:47 Sunset 18:44 Daylight 11 h 54 min Night 12 h 06 min Civil twilight 06:28 – 19:05
Weather in Palmerston right now
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Palmerston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 0830
- 0831
- 2913
- 4860
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 Northern Territory
- Darwin 139 902
- Alice Springs 25 912
- Howard Springs 6 852
- Katherine 5 980
- Karama 4 894
- Leanyer 4 557
Other places named Palmerston
- Palmerston Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Palmerston Otago, New Zealand
- Palmerston Palmerston, Cook Islands
- Palmerston Ontario, Canada
- Palmerston Leinster, Ireland
Nearby places
- Gray — 0.5 km
- Palmerston City — 0.8 km
- Driver — 0.9 km
- Gunn — 1.1 km
- Yarrawonga — 1.4 km
- Bakewell — 1.6 km
Time and daylight in Palmerston
Look nearby and you will see Gray and Driver on the same clock as Palmerston.
Postal numbering in Palmerston covers 4 codes.
Clocks in Palmerston take Australia/Darwin as their zone, reading UTC+9:30. Daylight saving time applies: No.
The day begins at Palmerston with sunrise at 06:50 and ends with sunset at 18:44. Daylight totals 11 h 54 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone value belongs to Palmerston?
- The time zone value for Palmerston is Australia/Darwin, with an offset of +9:30.
- Is summer time in effect in Palmerston at some point in the year?
- Daylight saving observed in Palmerston: No.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Palmerston today?
- Sunrise 06:50, sunset 18:44.