Mackay in numbers
- Coordinates
- -21.0819, 149.0430
- Population
- 84 333
- Region
- Queensland
- Country
- Australia, Oceania
- Capital
- Canberra — 1579 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Mackay, Queensland, Australia
The current local time in Mackay, Queensland, Australia is displayed here for the Australia/Brisbane time zone (+10).
Mackay, Australia
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
Local time in Mackay
UTC+10 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Mackay.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:33 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 6:08 PM Daylight 12 h 34 min Night 11 h 26 min Civil twilight 5:11 AM – 6:30 PM
Weather in Mackay right now
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Mackay and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 4740
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 Mackay
Same time zone — Australia/Brisbane
- Brisbane Australia
- Gold Coast Australia
Nearby places
- Wundaru — 2.5 km
- The Leap — 2.7 km
- Coningsby — 3.2 km
- Yakapari — 4.8 km
- Balnagowan — 5.4 km
- Farleigh — 6.7 km
Local time details for Mackay
Mackay runs its day on Australia/Brisbane, which is offset UTC+10. Seasonal time adjustment: No.
Today the sun rises over Mackay at 5:33 AM and sets at 6:08 PM. That is 12 h 34 min of daylight in all.
Nothing changes on the clock between Mackay and neighbouring Wundaru or The Leap.
Addresses in Mackay fall under 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Mackay?
- Australia/Brisbane corresponds to Mackay and has an offset of +10.
- Does the local time in Mackay change with daylight saving?
- No.
- What hour brings sunrise in Mackay?
- The hour is 5:33 AM.