Adelaide, Australia
Current time in Australia
Time zone: ACST (UTC/GMT +09:30) — Australia/Adelaide
| Time Zone: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30) Daylight Saving Time Zone: Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT; UTC+10:30) Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia. Adelaide is north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, on the Adelaide Plains between the Gulf St Vincent and the low-lying Mount Lofty Ranges which surround the city. |
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Current Time in other Cities of Australia
What time zone is Adelaide in?
If you need the offset: Adelaide is on ACST, 9 hours 30 minutes ahead of UTC, i.e. UTC+09:30. The matching IANA zone is Australia/Adelaide.
One date to watch: Sunday, 04 October 2026. That is when Adelaide goes forward 1 hour onto ACDT — recurring meetings set before then will land an hour out unless the calendar handles zones properly.
Bear in mind Australia spans 7 zones across the 50 cities we cover — checking a second city in the same country is often necessary.
How far ahead or behind is Adelaide?
Read this as: relative to each city below, Adelaide is the stated amount ahead or behind, right now.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Adelaide is 13 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Adelaide is 16 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Adelaide is 8 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Adelaide is 7 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Adelaide is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Adelaide is 4 hours ahead |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Adelaide is 1 hour 30 minutes ahead |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Adelaide is 30 minutes ahead |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Adelaide is 30 minutes behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Adelaide is 12 hours 30 minutes ahead |
Best time to call Adelaide
Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in Adelaide local time.
| Tokyo | 09:30–17:00 in Adelaide | 7.5 hours overlap |
| Sydney | 09:00–16:30 in Adelaide | 7.5 hours overlap |
| Shanghai | 10:30–17:00 in Adelaide | 6.5 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 13:00–17:00 in Adelaide | 4 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with New York, Los Angeles, London or Sao Paulo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Cities on the same clock as Adelaide
No difference at all from Adelaide: the cities below share the Australia/Adelaide zone.
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