What time is it in Australia?
5 different times in Australia right now
| Time | Time zone | Main cities |
|---|---|---|
| 01:43 | UTC+08:00 | Perth, Mandurah, Bunbury, Geraldton |
| 03:13 | UTC+09:30 | Darwin, Palmerston, Alice Springs |
| 03:43 | UTC+10:00 | Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Logan City |
| 04:13 | UTC+10:30 | Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Mont Gambier, Mount Barker |
| 04:43 | UTC+11:00 | Sydney, Newcastle, Canberra, Central Coast |
Daylight saving time in Australia
- Sunday 4 April 2027: at 03:00 it becomes 02:00 (clocks go back by one hour).
- Sunday 3 October 2027: at 02:00 it becomes 03:00 (clocks go forward by one hour).
Dates can differ from one time zone to another: see each city’s page.
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Good to know about the time in Australia
Australia has three main times: the West (Perth, UTC+8), the Centre (Darwin, Adelaide, UTC+9:30 outside daylight saving time) and the East (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, UTC+10 outside daylight saving time). Only the south-eastern states, South Australia and Tasmania use daylight saving time, from the first Sunday in October to the first Sunday in April: Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia do not.
During the southern summer, the country therefore has up to five different times, and Lord Howe Island puts its clocks forward by only half an hour. Sydney is 11 hours ahead of UTC in January and 10 hours ahead in July.
Time in the cities of Australia
- SydneySydney
- MelbourneMelbourne
- BrisbaneBrisbane
- PerthPerth
- AdelaideAdelaide
- Gold CoastBrisbane
- NewcastleSydney
- CanberraSydney
- Central CoastSydney
- Sunshine CoastBrisbane
- Logan CityBrisbane
- HobartHobart
- DarwinDarwin
Other places: Geelong, Wollongong, Townsville, Cairns, Toowoomba, Mackay, Ballarat, Bendigo, Caloundra, Launceston, Mandurah, Maitland, Tuggeranong, Rockhampton, Coffs Harbour, Blue Mountains, Bunbury, Bundaberg, Adelaide Hills, Pittwater, Pakenham, Hervey Bay, Port Macquarie, Berwick, Gladstone, Tamworth, Dubbo, Orange, Wodonga, Geraldton, St Albans, Frankston, Bathurst, Albany, Mildura, Frankston East, Palmerston, Warrnambool, Shepparton, Kwinana. Their pages are in French in the city directory.