Current Time in Brisbane

About time in Brisbane

Brisbane uses Australian Eastern Standard Time at UTC+10 and, unlike Sydney and Melbourne, does not switch to daylight saving. Queensland chose to skip seasonal clock changes, so while the southeastern states spring forward each summer, Brisbane's clock stays put. This means Brisbane matches Sydney for part of the year and trails it by an hour during southern daylight saving. The fixed offset can catch travelers off guard when crossing the state border into New South Wales.

Brisbane does not make seasonal clock changes under its current rules. Its offset is UTC+10 (no DST). The live clock above reads Brisbane's local time directly from the IANA time zone database in your browser, using the rules installed on your device. Keep your browser updated when regional rules change. To plan a call or convert a specific moment, use the timezone converter or meeting planner linked below.

Daylight in Brisbane through 2026

Brisbane sits at about 27.5°S, 153.0°E. The longest day of 2026 is December 20, with 13h 53m between sunrise and sunset. The shortest is June 18, with 10h 24m, a difference of 3 h 29 min. At this latitude the seasons change day length noticeably but not dramatically, so the working day has usable daylight all year.

Because Brisbane is in the Southern Hemisphere, its long days fall in December and January and its short days in June. The earliest sunrise comes around November 30 (04:44) and the latest sunset around January 5 (18:47).

Solar noon, when the sun is highest, falls at about 11:55 local time in late March, 11:49 in late June and 11:45 in late December. In standard time the sun is highest at about 11:48 on average, close to 12:00, so the clock and the sun are well aligned in Brisbane.

Local clock times, including daylight saving where it applies. Calculated with the standard sunrise equation for the city centre; terrain and tall buildings can delay the visible sunrise.

Clock changes in Brisbane (2026–2027)

Brisbane keeps the same offset all year. No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027 under the time-zone rules used for this page. Its gap to cities that do observe daylight saving still changes when they move their clocks: in January Brisbane is 10 hours ahead of London and 15 hours ahead of New York.

Dates come from the IANA time zone database as bundled with this site’s build. Governments occasionally change rules at short notice; see our methodology.