Time in Adelaide, Australia

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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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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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