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
Learn the current time in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, a place in the Australia/Brisbane time zone (+10).
Mackay, Australia
Friday, 4 September 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 06:12 Solar noon 12:04 Sunset 17:57 Daylight 11 h 44 min Night 12 h 16 min Civil twilight 05:50 – 18:19
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 sees the sun rise at 06:12 and set at 17:57 today. Daylight runs for 11 h 44 min.
Mackay keeps the same time as its neighbours The Leap and Balnagowan.
1 postal code divide Mackay.
Mackay runs its day on Australia/Brisbane, which is offset UTC+10. Seasonal time adjustment: No.
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 06:12.