Time in Australia 🇦🇺
The current local time in Australia is anchored on Canberra (Australia/Sydney, UTC +11:00 · AEDT).
Canberra local time
Monday, 12 October 2026 AEDT
Australia at a glance
- Capital
- Canberra
- ISO codes
- AU · AUS
- Clocks in use today
- 4 time zones
- tz database zones
- 12
- Dialing code
- +61
- Currency
- Australian Dollar (AUD)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Left
Time zones in Australia
Australia spans 4 different clock times across the zones listed below. The IANA tz database lists 12 zone identifiers for Australia; most exist only because their local clocks differed at some point in the past.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Australia/Perth · Perth | UTC +08:00 | — | None |
Australia/Adelaide · Adelaide | UTC +09:30 | UTC +10:30 | Back 5 April · Forward 4 October |
Australia/Sydney · Sydney | UTC +10:00 | UTC +11:00 | Back 5 April · Forward 4 October |
Australia/Melbourne · Melbourne | UTC +10:00 | UTC +11:00 | Back 5 April · Forward 4 October |
Australia/Brisbane · Brisbane | UTC +10:00 | — | None |
Canberra vs. major cities
How far Canberra is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Canberra, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Canberra | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −15 h | 18:00 (prev. day) | None |
| Los Angeles · United States | −18 h | 15:00 (prev. day) | 09:00–11:00 |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −14 h | 19:00 (prev. day) | None |
| London · United Kingdom | −10 h | 23:00 (prev. day) | None |
| Paris · France | −9 h | 00:00 | None |
| Johannesburg · South Africa | −9 h | 00:00 | None |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | −7 h | 02:00 | 16:00–17:00 |
| Delhi · India | −5:30 h | 03:30 | 14:30–17:00 |
| Singapore · Singapore | −3 h | 06:00 | 12:00–17:00 |
| Beijing · China | −3 h | 06:00 | 12:00–17:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Canberra time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Canberra
Since 1970, Canberra has gone through 3 distinct time-keeping periods, observing daylight saving time in 55 of 57 years. The current pattern, in place since 1972, is UTC +10:00 with UTC +11:00 in daylight saving time. Clocks currently go forward on the first Sunday in October and back on the first Sunday in April, a rule in place since 2008.
| Date | Change | Local clock | New offset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 5 April 2026 | Back 1 hour | 03:00 → 02:00 | UTC +10:00 |
| Sunday, 4 October 2026 | Forward 1 hour | 02:00 → 03:00 | UTC +11:00 |
| Sunday, 4 April 2027 | Back 1 hour | 03:00 → 02:00 | UTC +10:00 |
| Sunday, 3 October 2027 | Forward 1 hour | 02:00 → 03:00 | UTC +11:00 |
When clocks go forward, sunrise and sunset both happen an hour later by the clock — darker mornings, lighter evenings — and the night of the change is an hour shorter. When they go back, the reverse applies.
Time zone history since 1970 (3 periods)
| Years | Offset | Daylight saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | UTC +10:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1971 | UTC +11:00 all year | No daylight saving time |
| 1972–2026 | UTC +10:00, DST UTC +11:00 | Forward on the first Sunday in October, back on the first Sunday in April (since 2008) |
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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