Melbourne time now, live flip clock
Melbourne shows AEST, UTC+10 through the winter and AEDT, UTC+11 through the summer, as does the rest of Victoria. Two Victorian Acts set them, and a proclamation fixes the change dates. Check the flip clock above for Melbourne time now, right down to its seconds.
Time in Melbourne, Australia at a glance
- Time zone
- Australia/Melbourne (AEST)
- Standard time
- AEST, UTC+10
- Daylight saving time
- AEDT, UTC+11
- Used in
- Australia
Time zone names for developers
IANA time zone identifier: Australia/Melbourne
Where Melbourne time applies
All of Victoria is on Melbourne time, in summer and in winter. The tz database files the state under one entry, Australia/Melbourne. Its zone table describes that entry with a single word, Victoria.
| Place | Where | Clock changes |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria | The whole of it |
When the clocks change in Melbourne, Australia
Clocks in Melbourne change twice a year.
- On Sunday 4 October 2026 at 2:00 AM, clocks went forward one hour, to AEDT.
- On Sunday 4 April 2027 at 3:00 AM, clocks go back one hour, to AEST.
- On Sunday 3 October 2027 at 2:00 AM, clocks go forward one hour, to AEDT.
How many hours ahead or behind Melbourne
On 25 October 2026, London is 11 hours behind Melbourne.
| City | Difference from Melbourne |
|---|---|
| London | 11 hours behind |
| New York | 15 hours behind |
| Kolkata | 5 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | 3 hours behind |
| Singapore | 3 hours behind |
| Auckland | 2 hours ahead |
| Brisbane | 1 hour behind |
| Perth | 3 hours behind |
| Your time zone | Detected after this page loads |
How Victorian law sets the clock
- Standard time is in the Supreme Court Act
- s 43
- Section 43 of the Supreme Court Act sets Victoria's standard time. It defines that time from Coordinated Universal Time, and the clock here shows it as AEST, UTC+10. The Summer Time Act uses the same words in its own definition.
- Summer time dates come by proclamation
- AEDT
- A second Victorian law, the Summer Time Act, creates summer time. Its long title says it aims to promote the greater use of daylight in certain months. The Act itself names no dates. A proclamation of the Governor in Council, published in the Government Gazette, fixes them.
- The start date has moved
- August
- The Summer Time Act repealed an earlier Daylight Saving Act. Summer time used to begin on the last Sunday in October. The proclamation now in force replaced an earlier one. In its own first year it kept a last-Sunday start, then moved to the date used today. The tz database also records one year when summer time began in late August. It says this was presumably due to the Sydney Olympics.
Questions about Melbourne time
What time is it in Melbourne now?
For the current time in Melbourne, read the live clock above, which counts the seconds. Victoria keeps AEDT, UTC+11 in summer and AEST, UTC+10 in winter. When the state's clocks change, the one above switches with them. You do not have to reset it.
When do the clocks change in Victoria?
Summer time in Victoria begins on the first Sunday in October. Clocks move from AEST to AEDT that morning. On the first Sunday in April they return to AEST. Both changes come in the early hours. The April change repeats one of those hours. The current proclamation under the Summer Time Act fixes these days.
Does summer time apply to every purpose in Victoria?
Not quite. Everyday clocks across the state move to AEDT for summer. The Summer Time Act carves out three fields, though. Nothing in it affects the use of standard time for astronomy, meteorology or navigation. So work in those fields can go on in AEST all summer.
Sources
We checked each fact on this page against these sources on 20 October 2026. Times, offsets and clock changes come from the time zone database.