Current time in Cairns
Live local time in Cairns with seconds.
Australia, State of Queensland, Cairns — current time
Thursday,
March
19,
2026
Cairns on the map
Cairns — Information
- Time Zone
- Australia/Brisbane
- Country
- Australia
- Population
- ~153 075
- Altitude above sea level
- ~7 (meters)
- Currency
- AUD — Australian Dollar
- Exchange rate of Australian Dollar to US Dollar on 19.03.2026
- 1 AUD = 0.71 USD
1 USD = 1.41 AUD - Country phone code
- +61
- GPS coordinates (latitude, longitude)
- -16.922018, 145.776439
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Daylight saving time changes in Cairns
- Current time zone
- UTC+10:00
- Switch to summer time
- No
- Switch to winter time
- No