Perth time now, live flip clock
Perth and nearly all of Western Australia keep Western Standard Time, AWST, UTC+8. The state has no daylight saving, so the offset holds in summer and winter alike. The clock above shows Perth time now, live, with seconds.
Time in Perth, Australia at a glance
- Time zone
- Australian Western Time (AWST)
- Standard time
- AWST, UTC+8
- Daylight saving time
- Not observed
- Used in
- Australia
Time zone names for developers
IANA time zone identifier: Australia/Perth
Places on Western Australian time
Western Australia is the only state on this time. Perth, Mandurah, Bunbury and Geraldton all keep it. The one exception is a strip of the Nullarbor around Eucla, which has its own card on this page.
| Place | Where | Clock changes |
|---|---|---|
| Western Australia | the whole state except the Nullarbor strip around Eucla, which keeps its own unofficial time |
How many hours ahead or behind Perth
On 12 October 2026, Sydney is 3 hours ahead of Perth.
| City | Difference from Perth |
|---|---|
| Sydney | 3 hours ahead |
| Singapore | Same time |
| Hong Kong | Same time |
| Tokyo | 1 hour ahead |
| Kolkata | 2 hours 30 minutes behind |
| London | 7 hours behind |
| New York | 12 hours behind |
| Los Angeles | 15 hours behind |
| Your time zone | Detected after this page loads |
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How Perth keeps its clock
- No daylight saving, so the Sydney gap moves
- AWST
- Western Australia keeps standard time through the year. So every gap with a place that changes its clocks moves twice a year. Sydney is 2 hours ahead of Perth in winter and three hours ahead in summer. London is 8 hours behind Perth in the British winter and seven hours behind in the British summer. New York is 13 hours behind Perth in the American winter and twelve hours behind in its summer.
- Eucla's unofficial time
- UTC+8:45
- A strip of the Nullarbor about 340 kilometres long keeps its own time, UTC+8:45. It runs 45 minutes ahead of Perth and does not change with the seasons. It is not officially recognised. ABC News reported that mobile phones did not pick it up automatically. Its roadhouse communities include Cocklebiddy, Madura, Eucla and Border Village. Its clocks have run apart from Perth's for decades. So the tz database gives it an entry of its own, Australia/Eucla.
- One offset with Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing
- 0 h
- Perth shares its offset with three big Asian cities. Singapore keeps SGT, UTC+8. Hong Kong keeps HKT, UTC+8. Beijing keeps CST, UTC+8. None of them change their clocks, so Perth is on the same time as Singapore in every season. Tokyo is 1 hour ahead of Perth, and that gap does not move either.
- Four referendums, four votes against
- 54.6%
- Western Australians have voted on daylight saving at four referendums. Each time the majority said no. Every vote came after a summer or more of daylight saving. The latest followed a three-summer trial under the Daylight Saving Act, which also required the vote. At that referendum 624,304 electors said no and 519,899 said yes. The clocks have stayed on standard time since.
Questions about Australian Western Time
What time is it in Perth right now?
The live clock here shows Perth time now, second by second. Perth keeps AWST, UTC+8 in every month of the year, because Western Australia has no daylight saving. Mandurah, Bunbury and Geraldton show the same time as Perth.
What is AWST time?
AWST is the code for Western Standard Time, the time Perth keeps all year. Western Australia first set its clocks by the mean time of the 120th meridian east of Greenwich. Its current Standard Time Act defines the same time by reference to Coordinated Universal Time. There is no daylight code, because the clocks do not move for summer.
Does Perth have daylight saving time?
No. Western Australia stays on standard time through the year, so Perth's clocks do not change. Voters have rejected daylight saving at four state referendums, most recently by 54.6% to 45.4%. That vote followed a three-summer trial. With no clock change, Perth sits three hours behind Sydney in summer, not two.
What is the time difference between Perth and Sydney?
Sydney is 2 hours ahead of Perth in winter, when both cities keep standard time. In summer Sydney puts its clocks forward and Perth does not, so the gap widens to three hours. Melbourne and Canberra keep Sydney's time, so the same figures apply to them. Brisbane leaves its clocks alone, so it stays 2 hours ahead of Perth.
Is all of Western Australia on Perth time?
Nearly all of it. The Standard Time Act sets one time for the whole state. The exception is a strip of the Nullarbor around Eucla. Its roadhouses keep UTC+8:45, 45 minutes ahead of Perth, without official standing. The tz database lists it as Australia/Eucla, so it has a page of its own here.
Sources
We checked each fact on this page against these sources on 8 October 2026. Times, offsets and clock changes come from the time zone database.