Karratha in numbers
- Coordinates
- -20.7376, 116.8460
- Population
- 17 013
- Region
- Western Australia
- Country
- Australia, Oceania
- Capital
- Canberra — 3535 km away
What time is it in Karratha, Western Australia, Australia
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Karratha, Western Australia, Australia, in the Australia/Perth zone (+8).
Karratha, Australia
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+8 · Australia/Perth
Local time in Karratha
UTC+8 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Karratha, Western Australia.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:42 AM Solar noon 11:59 AM Sunset 6:17 PM Daylight 12 h 35 min Night 11 h 25 min Civil twilight 5:19 AM – 6:39 PM
Weather in Karratha right now
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Karratha and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 6714
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 Western Australia
Same time zone — Australia/Perth
- Perth Australia
Nearby places
- Karratha city centre — 0.4 km
- Pegs Creek — 1.4 km
- Bulgarra — 1.7 km
- Millars Well — 3.0 km
- Mulataga — 3.2 km
- Stove Hill — 3.5 km
Karratha: clock, sun and surroundings
1 codes are used to address mail in Karratha.
Karratha counts hours by Australia/Perth, which stands at UTC+8. Whether daylight saving is kept: No.
Today Karratha sees sunrise at 5:42 AM, sunset at 6:17 PM. Daylight comes out to 12 h 35 min.
Nearby Karratha city centre and Pegs Creek follow the same clock as Karratha.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Karratha?
- The correct time zone for Karratha is Australia/Perth, with an offset of +8.
- Are clocks put forward for daylight saving in Karratha?
- No.
- When does light leave Karratha?
- Light leaves at 6:17 PM.