Current time in Sydney

Australia · UTC+10/UTC+11

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Australia/Sydney

UTC offset

UTC+10/UTC+11

Daylight Saving

Yes — observed

Time zone ID

Australia/Sydney

Business hours

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM AEST (Monday–Friday)

About Sydney's time zone

Sydney follows Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST, UTC+10) in winter and Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT, UTC+11) in summer. Australia's seasons are reversed from the Northern Hemisphere, so daylight saving runs from the first Sunday in October to the first Sunday in April. Sydney is 10-11 hours ahead of London and 15-16 hours ahead of New York.

Best time to call Sydney

Calling from	Recommended window
London	11:00 PM – 8:00 AM GMT (next day)
New York	6:00 PM – 3:00 AM ET
Tokyo	8:00 AM – 5:00 PM JST
Singapore	7:00 AM – 4:00 PM SGT

Did you know? Sydney's daylight saving time creates an unusual situation where Sydney is only 2 hours ahead of Perth (Western Australia) in summer, but 3 hours ahead in winter — because Perth doesn't observe DST. Australia has three separate time zones within the country, and some states observe DST while others don't.

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