Australia/Sydney • live clock
Current time in Sydney, Australia
Australian Eastern Time alternates between AEST (UTC+10) and AEDT (UTC+11). The live clock for Sydney, Australia applies the correct seasonal rule automatically. The live clock is synchronized with Digital Clock Online’s server after the page loads.
Synchronizing with server time.
Australia/Sydney at a glance
- IANA time zone
- Australia/Sydney
- Time-zone name
- Australian Eastern Time (AEST)
- Standard offset
- UTC+10
- Seasonal offset
- UTC+11 (AEDT)
- Daylight saving
- Observed; exact dates below
- Used in
- Australia
When clocks change in Sydney, Australia
These scheduled changes cover 2026 and 2027. Each row gives the exact UTC instant, direction and resulting offset.
| UTC instant | Change | Resulting time |
|---|---|---|
| April 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTC | Clocks move back 1 hour | AEST (UTC+10) |
| October 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTC | Clocks move forward 1 hour | AEDT (UTC+11) |
| April 3, 2027 at 4:00 PM UTC | Clocks move back 1 hour | AEST (UTC+10) |
| October 2, 2027 at 4:00 PM UTC | Clocks move forward 1 hour | AEDT (UTC+11) |
Places that use Australia/Sydney
Australia/Sydney covers Sydney, Newcastle, Canberra. Its country relationships are Australia.
Time difference between Sydney, Australia and other cities
| City | Time zone | Difference from Sydney |
|---|---|---|
| London | Europe/London | 10 hours behind |
| New York | America/New_York | 15 hours behind |
| Los Angeles | America/Los_Angeles | 18 hours behind |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 6 hours behind |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 2 hours behind |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 1 hour behind |
| Your time zone | Detected after this page loads | Calculating your current difference |
Reference-city differences use standard offsets. Where either place changes clocks seasonally, the gap can change during the year.
Zones on the same standard time as Sydney, Australia
These zones share UTC+10 as their standard offset. Seasonal rules can make their live clocks differ during part of the year.