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What time is it in Dawson, Victoria, Australia

Find out what time it is now in Dawson, Victoria, Australia — the local clock runs on Australia/Melbourne (+11).

Dawson, Australia

Thursday, 22 October 2026

UTC+11 · Australia/Melbourne

Local time in Dawson

UTC+11 · daylight saving time is active

What the clock shows right now in Dawson.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:20 AM Solar noon 12:59 PM Sunset 7:38 PM Daylight 13 h 18 min Night 10 h 42 min Civil twilight 5:53 AM – 8:05 PM

Weather in Dawson right now

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Dawson and its neighbours

Cowwarr Seaton Heyfield Glenmaggie Toongabbie Winnindoo Tinamba West Maffra West Upper Glengarry North Dawson
Dawson at -37.9742, 146.6900 with the nearest towns within 16.2 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.

Dawson in numbers

Coordinates
-37.9742, 146.6900
Region
Victoria
Country
Australia, Oceania
Capital
Canberra — 370 km away
Same name
22 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Victoria

Other places named Dawson

Same time zone — Australia/Melbourne

Nearby places

Local time details for Dawson

Postal coverage of Dawson comes to 2 codes.

People in Dawson keep Australia/Melbourne, a zone offset of UTC+11. Seasonal time change: Yes.

Sunrise happens at 6:20 AM in Dawson today and sunset at 7:38 PM. That marks 13 h 18 min of daylight.

Dawson shares its time with neighbouring Cowwarr and Seaton.

Questions and answers

Should Australia/Melbourne be used as the time zone for Dawson?
Yes, Dawson uses Australia/Melbourne, whose offset is +11.
Does Dawson change its clocks twice a year?
Daylight saving time in Dawson: Yes.
How late in the morning does the sun rise in Dawson?
It rises at 6:20 AM.
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