Tennant Creek in numbers
- Coordinates
- -19.6497, 134.1910
- Population
- 3 080
- Region
- Northern Territory
- Country
- Australia, Oceania
- Capital
- Canberra — 2273 km away
What time is it in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
This page keeps the current time in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, according to the Australia/Darwin zone (+9:30).
Tennant Creek, Australia
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC+9:30 · Australia/Darwin
Local time in Tennant Creek
UTC+9:30 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:50 AM Solar noon 12:18 PM Sunset 6:47 PM Daylight 12 h 57 min Night 11 h 03 min Civil twilight 5:27 AM – 7:10 PM
Weather in Tennant Creek right now
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Tennant Creek and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 0860
- 0861
- 0862
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
- Palmerston 33 695
- Alice Springs 25 912
- Howard Springs 6 852
- Katherine 5 980
- Karama 4 894
Nearby places
- Wiitin — 12.6 km
- Kurraya — 32.4 km
- Murtulki — 36.3 km
- Phillip Creek — 42.1 km
- Northern Territory — 43.8 km
- Warrego — 45.5 km
Tennant Creek: clock, sun and surroundings
Mail addressed to Tennant Creek uses 3 postal codes.
The time standard for Tennant Creek is Australia/Darwin at UTC+9:30. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
The sun comes up over Tennant Creek at 5:50 AM today and drops below the horizon at 6:47 PM. That is 12 h 57 min between the two.
Nearby settlements including Wiitin and Kurraya match the time in Tennant Creek.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone for Tennant Creek?
- The time zone for Tennant Creek is Australia/Darwin, with an offset of +9:30.
- What time zone rules apply in Tennant Creek — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Tennant Creek: No.
- What time does the day start in Tennant Creek?
- The sun rises at 5:50 AM.