🇦🇺 Cairns, Australia
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- Australian Eastern Standard Time
- UTC+10
- Daytime
☀️ 05:53 · 🌙 18:16 · 12 h 23 min
Cairns to Austin, TX: time difference
Austin, TX is 15 h behind Cairns. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Cairns 16:25 4:25 PM Austin, TX 01:25 1:25 AM You –:–
16:25 4:25 PM
Australian Eastern Standard Time · UTC+10
☀️ 05:53 · 🌙 18:16
01:25 1:25 AM
Central Daylight Time · UTC-5
☀️ 07:30 · 🌙 19:08
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−15 h
Austin, TX is 15 h behind Cairns.
When you, Cairns and Austin, TX are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇦🇺 Cairns
0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM
🇺🇸 Austin, TX
9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM 0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇦🇺 Cairns | 🇺🇸 Austin, TX |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 16:25 | 01:25 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 10, 2026 | Saturday, October 10, 2026 |
| Time zone | Australian Eastern Standard Time | Central Daylight Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+10 | UTC-5 |
| Offset from Cairns | — | −15 h |
| IANA zone | Australia/Brisbane | America/Chicago |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On summer time → UTC-6, Nov 1, 01:00 |
| Sunrise | 05:53 | 07:30 |
| Sunset | 18:16 | 19:08 |
| Daylight | 12 h 23 min | 11 h 38 min |
| People on this clock | 153,181 | 974,447 |
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Cairns and Austin, TX: common questions
What is the time difference between Cairns and Austin, TX?
Austin is 15 hours behind: it uses UTC−5, while Cairns is on UTC+10.
If it is 9:00 AM in Cairns, what time is it in Austin, TX?
At 9:00 AM in Cairns, clocks in Austin show 6:00 PM (the previous day).
If it is 6:00 PM in Cairns, what time is it in Austin, TX?
At 6:00 PM in Cairns, clocks in Austin show 3:00 AM.
When do working hours in Cairns and in Austin, TX, overlap?
They don't: there are no shared working hours. The start of the day in Cairns (9:00 AM) is 6:00 PM (the previous day) in Austin, and the start of the day in Austin is 12:00 AM (the next day) in Cairns.
When is it still the previous day in Austin, TX?
Until 3:00 PM in Cairns it is still the previous day in Austin. The other way round, from 9:00 AM in Austin it is already the next day in Cairns.
Does the time difference between Cairns and Austin, TX, change?
Yes. The clocks change only in Austin. From November 1, 2026, Austin will be 16 hours behind Cairns.
