Cooktown in numbers
- Coordinates
- -15.4657, 145.2500
- Population
- 3 173
- Region
- Queensland
- Country
- Australia, Oceania
- Capital
- Canberra — 2237 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia
Look up the current time in Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, which follows the Australia/Brisbane zone (+10).
Cooktown, Australia
Thursday, 22 October 2026
UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
Local time in Cooktown
UTC+10 · no daylight saving time
Cooktown keeps Australia/Brisbane clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:49 AM Solar noon 12:05 PM Sunset 6:20 PM Daylight 12 h 31 min Night 11 h 29 min Civil twilight 5:27 AM – 6:42 PM
Weather in Cooktown right now
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Cooktown and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 4895
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 Queensland
- Brisbane 2 780 063
- Gold Coast 640 778
- Sunshine Coast 398 840
- Logan City 345 098
- Townsville 201 313
- Cairns 153 075
Other places named Cooktown
- Cooktown Georgia, United States
- Cooktown Georgia, United States
- Cooktown Kentucky, United States
- Cooktown Louisiana, United States
- Cooktown North Carolina, United States
Same time zone — Australia/Brisbane
- Brisbane Australia
- Gold Coast Australia
Nearby places
- Hope Vale — 14.7 km
- Endeavour — 18.7 km
- Elim — 22.4 km
- Dotsmere — 23.1 km
- Hope Vale — 24.1 km
- Rossville — 26.1 km
Cooktown: clock, sun and surroundings
Mail delivery in Cooktown relies on 1 postal code.
Cooktown sits under Australia/Brisbane, which puts local clocks at UTC+10. Daylight saving in use: No.
Today the sun rises over Cooktown at 5:49 AM and sets at 6:20 PM. That is 12 h 31 min of daylight in all.
Close by, Hope Vale and Endeavour keep time with Cooktown.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in Cooktown listed?
- The time zone in Cooktown is listed as Australia/Brisbane, with an offset of +10.
- Is the hour in Cooktown changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- No.
- At what time is the sun setting in Cooktown?
- The sun is setting at 6:20 PM.