What time is it in Australia?

The zones

The 12 time zones of Australia

Identifiers as the IANA time zone database defines them, which is the database every operating system and browser resolves a zone against.

Australia/Lord_Howe

UTC+10:30UTC+10:30, UTC+11:00 in summer · Lord Howe Island

Antarctica/Macquarie

UTC+10:00UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00 in summer · Macquarie Island

Australia/Hobart

UTC+10:00UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00 in summer · Tasmania

Australia/Melbourne

UTC+10:00UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00 in summer · Victoria

Australia/Sydney

UTC+10:00UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00 in summer · New South Wales (most areas) · the capital's zone

Australia/Broken_Hill

UTC+09:30UTC+09:30, UTC+10:30 in summer · New South Wales (Yancowinna)

Australia/Brisbane

UTC+10:00UTC+10:00, no summer time · Queensland (most areas)

Australia/Lindeman

UTC+10:00UTC+10:00, no summer time · Queensland (Whitsunday Islands)

Australia/Adelaide

UTC+09:30UTC+09:30, UTC+10:30 in summer · South Australia

Australia/Darwin

UTC+09:30UTC+09:30, no summer time · Northern Territory

Australia/Perth

UTC+08:00UTC+08:00, no summer time · Western Australia (most areas)

Australia/Eucla

UTC+08:45UTC+08:45, no summer time · Western Australia (Eucla)

Summer time

When the clocks change in Australia

The dates below are for Australia/Sydney in 2026, read from the time zone database rather than from a remembered rule.

4 Apr

Clocks go back by 60 minutes, to UTC+10:00.

3 Oct

Clocks go forward by 60 minutes, to UTC+11:00.

The light

Sunrise and sunset in Canberra

Computed for -35.29, 149.13 at sea level, in Australia/Sydney, on the four days that mark the year. Times are to the nearest minute and take no account of terrain.