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What time is it in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Find the present-moment local time in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, which uses Australia/Melbourne (+11).

Ballarat, Australia

Friday, 6 November 2026

UTC+11 · Australia/Melbourne

Local time in Ballarat

UTC+11 · daylight saving time is active

Ballarat keeps Australia/Melbourne clock_time.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:15 AM Solar noon 1:10 PM Sunset 8:04 PM Daylight 13 h 49 min Night 10 h 11 min Civil twilight 5:47 AM – 8:33 PM

Weather in Ballarat right now

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Ballarat and its neighbours

Mitchell Park Cardigan Lucas Oswald Lake Gardens Wendouree Cardigan Village Trunk Lead Ballarat
Ballarat at -37.5188, 143.7730 with the nearest towns within 6.3 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

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.

Ballarat in numbers

Coordinates
-37.5188, 143.7730
Population
111 973
Region
Victoria
Country
Australia, Oceania
Capital
Canberra — 540 km away
Same name
1 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Victoria

Other places named Ballarat

Same time zone — Australia/Melbourne

Nearby places

Local time details for Ballarat

Ballarat shares one clock with the nearby places Mitchell Park and Cardigan.

2 postal codes are in use across Ballarat.

Ballarat tells time by Australia/Melbourne, an offset of UTC+11. Clock shift for daylight saving: Yes.

In Ballarat the sun rises today at 6:15 AM and sets again at 8:04 PM. Daylight fills 13 h 49 min of the day.

Questions and answers

What is the time zone for Ballarat?
The time zone for Ballarat is Australia/Melbourne, with an offset of +11.
Does Ballarat switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
Daylight saving time in Ballarat: Yes.
When should I expect the sun to set in Ballarat?
Expect it at 8:04 PM.
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