Current Time in Sydney

About time in Sydney

Sydney runs on Australian Eastern Time and, being in the Southern Hemisphere, observes daylight saving on the opposite calendar to Europe and North America. It sits at UTC+10 as AEST during the northern summer, then advances to UTC+11 as AEDT from roughly early October to early April. That means when Northern Hemisphere cities are on standard time, Sydney is in its daylight period. As home to the Australian Securities Exchange, Sydney sets the pace for early trading across the Asia-Pacific region.

Sydney changes its clocks for daylight saving time, so its exact UTC offset depends on the season (UTC+10 (UTC+11 in summer)). The live clock above reads Sydney'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 Sydney through 2026

Sydney sits at about 33.9°S, 151.2°E. The longest day of 2026 is December 22, with 14h 25m between sunrise and sunset. The shortest is June 17, with 9h 54m, a difference of 4 h 31 min. At this latitude the seasons change day length noticeably but not dramatically, so the working day has usable daylight all year.

Because Sydney is in the Southern Hemisphere, its long days fall in December and January and its short days in June. The earliest sunrise comes around October 3 (05:30) and the latest sunset around January 1 (20:09).

Solar noon, when the sun is highest, falls at about 13:02 local time in late March, 11:56 in late June and 12:52 in late December. In standard time the sun is highest at about 11:55 on average, close to 12:00, so the clock and the sun are well aligned in Sydney. During daylight saving time everything moves an hour later on the clock.

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 Sydney (2026–2027)

Sydney changes its clocks twice in 2026. On a change night, the local time skips or repeats a block of time, and the gap to other cities shifts unless they change on the same date.

• Sunday, April 5, 2026: at 03:00 clocks go back one hour to 02:00 (UTC+11 → UTC+10).
• Sunday, October 4, 2026: at 02:00 clocks go forward one hour to 03:00 (UTC+10 → UTC+11).
• Sunday, April 4, 2027: at 03:00 clocks go back one hour to 02:00 (UTC+11 → UTC+10).
• Sunday, October 3, 2027: at 02:00 clocks go forward one hour to 03:00 (UTC+10 → UTC+11).

Recurring meetings set in Sydney time stay at the same local hour; participants elsewhere see the meeting move by an hour for the weeks when only one side has changed.

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.