Sydney, Australia
Current time in Australia
Time zone: AEST (UTC/GMT +10:00) — Australia/Sydney
| Time Zone: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) = UTC+10 Daylight Saving Time Zone: Australia Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) = UTC+11 Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds the world's largest natural harbour, and sprawls towards the Blue Mountains to the west. Residents of Sydney are known as "Sydneysiders". Sydney is the second official seat and second official residence of the Governor-General of Australia and the Prime Minister of Australia.Global companies are attracted to the city in part because its time zone spans the closing of business in North America and the opening of business in Europe. Most foreign companies in Sydney maintain significant sales and service functions but comparably less production, research, and development capabilities. |
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Current Time in other Cities of Australia
Sydney time zone and UTC offset
Sydney runs on AEST. That places it 10 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+10:00); in a calendar, server config or booking form, select Australia/Sydney.
Sydney observes daylight saving. The next change lands on Sunday, 04 October 2026, when 1 hour is added or removed and the abbreviation becomes AEDT.
Australia is not on a single clock: the 50 cities listed here fall across 7 time zones, so times elsewhere in the country will not match Sydney.
Sydney compared with major world cities
Current gap between Sydney and cities people most often need to coordinate with. These figures already account for daylight saving where it applies.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Sydney is 14 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Sydney is 17 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Sydney is 9 hours ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Sydney is 8 hours ahead |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Sydney is 6 hours ahead |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Sydney is 4 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Sydney is 2 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Sydney is 1 hour ahead |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Sydney is 13 hours ahead |
Scheduling calls with Sydney
Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in Sydney local time.
| Tokyo | 10:00–17:00 in Sydney | 7 hours overlap |
| Shanghai | 11:00–17:00 in Sydney | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 13:30–17:00 in Sydney | 3.5 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 15:00–17:00 in Sydney | 2 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with New York, Los Angeles, London or Paris, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Cities on the same clock as Sydney
Same zone, same time — each of these sits on Australia/Sydney alongside Sydney, including through any clock change.
Albury-Wodonga Bathurst Bowral Canberra Coffs Harbour Dubbo Forster Lismore
Popular cities
| New York, United States |
| London, United Kingdom |
| Paris, France |
| Tokyo, Japan |
| Beijing, China |
| Sydney, Australia |
| Berlin, Germany |
| Moscow, Russia |
| Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Singapore, Singapore |
| Los Angeles, United States |
| Chicago, United States |
| Toronto, Canada |
| Mexico City, Mexico |
| São Paulo, Brazil |
| Mumbai, India |
| Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Seoul, South Korea |
| Istanbul, Turkey |
| Cairo, Egypt |
| Lagos, Nigeria |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Madrid, Spain |
| Rome, Italy |