Time in Australia now
11:05PMAEDT
AEDTUTC+11+16 h vs New York (you)Australia/Sydney
- Next clock change: Sunday, April 4, 2027: at 3:00 AM clocks go back 1 hour to 2:00 AM (AEST, UTC+10)
- Next clock change: Sunday, October 3, 2027: at 2:00 AM clocks go forward 1 hour to 3:00 AM (AEDT, UTC+11)
Time zones in Australia now
| Zone | Time now | Offset now | Rules | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Western Standard Time | 8:05 PM AWST | UTC+8 | AWST (UTC+8) all year | Perth · Western Australia (most areas) |
| Eucla time | 8:50 PM UTC+8:45 | UTC+8:45 | UTC+8:45 all year | — · Western Australia (Eucla) |
| Australian Central Standard Time | 9:35 PM ACST | UTC+9:30 | ACST (UTC+9:30) all year | Darwin · Northern Territory |
| Australian Central Time | 10:35 PM ACDT | UTC+10:30 | ACST (UTC+9:30) / ACDT (UTC+10:30) | Adelaide · New South Wales (Yancowinna); South Australia |
| Australian Eastern Standard Time | 10:05 PM AEST | UTC+10 | AEST (UTC+10) all year | Brisbane · Queensland (most areas); Queensland (Whitsunday Islands) |
| Australian Eastern Time | 11:05 PM AEDT | UTC+11 | AEST (UTC+10) / AEDT (UTC+11) | Sydney · Macquarie Island; Tasmania; Victoria; New South Wales (most areas) |
| Lord Howe time | 11:05 PM UTC+11 | UTC+11 | UTC+10:30 / UTC+11 | — · Lord Howe Island |
Time zone in Australia
Australia has 7 different clock settings under the current rules (5 standard offsets; some regions share an offset but not the daylight saving rules), from AWST (UTC+8) in Perth to UTC+11 in Lord Howe. The clock at the top shows the capital, Canberra, on Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST, UTC+10) in winter and Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT, UTC+11) in summer.
The IANA time zone database divides Australia into 12 zones. It needs more zones than there are clock settings because it also records history: two regions that keep the same time today get separate entries if their clocks differed at any point since 1970, which is why, for example, Australia/Broken_Hill and Australia/Adelaide are separate.
Canberra lies at 149.1° east, where mean solar time is UTC+9:57 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 3 min of its standard time, so the sun is highest close to noon in winter, and about 1:00 PM in summer.
Daylight saving time in Australia
Partly. Regions on Australian Central Time, Australian Eastern Time and Lord Howe time change their clocks; Perth (UTC+8), Eucla (UTC+8:45), Darwin (UTC+9:30) and Brisbane (UTC+10) stay on standard time all year.
In Canberra clocks move forward one hour on the first Sunday of October at 2:00 AM and back on the first Sunday of April at 3:00 AM (local time). It is in the southern hemisphere, so summer time runs from about October to April, the opposite of Europe and North America.
All coming change dates are on the Australia/Sydney page.
Clock history of Australia
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+10:05 in Sydney), which ended on February 1, 1895, when AEST (UTC+10) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 54 of the 55 years. The first summer time in the record dates from 1916. The table summarises the clocks of Canberra year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Australia/Sydney.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | UTC+10 all year | AEST |
| 1971 | UTC+10 until October 31, then UTC+11 | AEST, AEDT |
| 1972 onward | UTC+10 in winter, UTC+11 in summer | AEDT, AEST |
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Australia time
Time difference between Australia and major cities
| City | Local time now | Australia vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +16 h | +16 h | +14 h | none / none |
| Los Angeles | 4:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +19 h | +19 h | +17 h | 3 h / 1 h |
| London | 12:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +11 h | +11 h | +9 h | none / none |
| Berlin | 1:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +10 h | +10 h | +8 h | none / none |
| Dubai | 4:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +7 h | +7 h | +6 h | 1 h / 2 h |
| New Delhi | 5:35 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +5 h 30 min | +5 h 30 min | +4 h 30 min | 2 h 30 min / 3 h 30 min |
| Singapore | 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +3 h | +3 h | +2 h | 5 h / 6 h |
| Beijing | 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +3 h | +3 h | +2 h | 5 h / 6 h |
| Tokyo | 9:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +2 h | +2 h | +1 h | 6 h / 7 h |
- In 2027, Canberra is 15 h ahead of New York from March 14 to April 3 and from October 3 to November 6: the weeks between the two seasons, when one place has changed its clocks and the other has not yet.
- In 2027, Canberra is 18 h ahead of Los Angeles from March 14 to April 3 and from October 3 to November 6: the weeks between the two seasons, when one place has changed its clocks and the other has not yet.
- In 2027, Canberra is 10 h ahead of London from March 28 to April 3 and from October 3 to October 30: the weeks between the two seasons, when one place has changed its clocks and the other has not yet.
- In 2027, Canberra is 9 h ahead of Berlin from March 28 to April 3 and from October 3 to October 30: the weeks between the two seasons, when one place has changed its clocks and the other has not yet.
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how Australia’s office hours overlap yours today.
Canberra and New York share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Canberra, it is 5:00 PM the day before in New York. A call has to be early or late for one side: 12:00 AM the next day in Canberra is 8:00 AM in New York.
Canberra and London share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Canberra, it is 10:00 PM the day before in London. A call has to be early or late for one side: 7:00 PM in Canberra is 8:00 AM in London.
A 9-to-5 day in Canberra overlaps New Delhi’s for 2 h 30 min in January (2:30 PM–5:00 PM Canberra time), 3 h 30 min in July. At 9:00 AM in Canberra it is 3:30 AM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Canberra and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane Australia | 940 km | 10:05 PM AEST | −1 h |
| Adelaide Australia | 960 km | 10:35 PM ACDT | −0 h 30 min |
Same clock as Australia
These places keep exactly the same time as Australia all year under the current rules (zones Antarctica/Macquarie, Australia/Hobart, Australia/Melbourne).
Cities in Australia
- Sydney11:05 PM
- Melbourne11:05 PM
- Brisbane10:05 PM
- Perth8:05 PM
- Adelaide10:35 PM
- Sunshine Coast10:05 PM
- Canberra11:05 PM
- Wollongong11:05 PM
- Townsville10:05 PM
- Cairns10:05 PM
- Alice Springs9:35 PM
Australia at a glance
- CapitalCanberra
- Population27,614,411
- Time zone IDAustralia/Sydney
- Standard timeAEST (UTC+10)
- Daylight saving timeAEDT (UTC+11)
- Calling code+61