Time in Australia

Australia has 5 time zones, from UTC+8 to UTC+10:30 in standard time. Its capital, Canberra, keeps Eastern Australia Time, UTC+11 in January and UTC+10 in July.

Australia and the countries around it

Eastern Australia TimeUTC+11:00 in January; UTC+10:00 in JulySydney, Melbourne, and NewcastleAustralia/Sydney

Australian Eastern TimeUTC+10:00Brisbane, Gold Coast, and Sunshine CoastAustralia/Brisbane

Australian Western TimeUTC+08:00Perth, Mandurah, and BunburyAustralia/Perth

Central Australia TimeUTC+10:30 in January; UTC+09:30 in JulyAdelaide, Mount Gambier, and Mount BarkerAustralia/Adelaide

Australian Central TimeUTC+09:30Darwin, Palmerston, and Alice SpringsAustralia/Darwin

Australia (simplified outline). Open in OpenStreetMap ↗

Population: 24,992,369 GeoNames figure; the source gives no year
Total area: 2,967,909 sq mi (7,686,850 km²)
Currency: Dollar (AUD)
Languages: Australian English
Calling code: +61
Driving side: Left
Country code (ISO): AU
Coordinates (central point): -24.922906, 133.081126

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These coordinates mark a central point for the area, not a street address. Calling code and largest cities: GeoNames; driving side: Wikidata.

Local time in the largest cities

City	Local time now	Time zone
Sydney	UTC+11 in January and UTC+10 in July	Eastern Australia Time
Melbourne	UTC+11 in January and UTC+10 in July	Eastern Australia Time
Brisbane	UTC+10 all year	Australian Eastern Time
Perth	UTC+8 all year	Australian Western Time
Adelaide	UTC+10:30 in January and UTC+9:30 in July	Central Australia Time
Gold Coast	UTC+10 all year	Australian Eastern Time
Newcastle	UTC+11 in January and UTC+10 in July	Eastern Australia Time
Sunshine Coast	UTC+10 all year	Australian Eastern Time

Largest first, by the population GeoNames lists for each city (it gives no year). Districts of a larger city are left out.

Daylight saving time in Australia

Some of Australia changes its clocks and some does not.

Eastern Australia Time: Clocks go back one hour at 3:00 AM on the first Sunday in April and forward one hour at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in October.
Australian Eastern Time: No clock changes; UTC+10 all year.
Australian Western Time: No clock changes; UTC+8 all year.
Central Australia Time: Clocks go back one hour at 3:00 AM on the first Sunday in April and forward one hour at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in October.
Australian Central Time: No clock changes; UTC+9:30 all year.
Australian Central Western Time: No clock changes; UTC+8:45 all year.
Lord Howe Time: Clocks go back 30 minutes at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in April and forward 30 minutes at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in October.

The clocks above and the time-zone table below show each clock’s next change. Governments can change these rules; the clocks follow the IANA time-zone database.

All time zones in Australia

All 12 time-zone names, with their clocks

Time zone	Local time and UTC offset	Next clock change
Eastern Australia TimeAntarctica/Macquarie	UTC+11:00 in January; UTC+10:00 in July. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.	Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.
Central Australia TimeAustralia/Adelaide	UTC+10:30 in January; UTC+09:30 in July. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.	Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.
Australian Eastern TimeAustralia/Brisbane	UTC+10:00. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.	Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.
Central Australia TimeAustralia/Broken_Hill	UTC+10:30 in January; UTC+09:30 in July. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.	Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.
Australian Central TimeAustralia/Darwin	UTC+09:30. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.	Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.
Australian Central Western TimeAustralia/Eucla	UTC+08:45. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.	Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.
Eastern Australia TimeAustralia/Hobart	UTC+11:00 in January; UTC+10:00 in July. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.	Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.
Australian Eastern TimeAustralia/Lindeman	UTC+10:00. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.	Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.
Lord Howe TimeAustralia/Lord_Howe	UTC+11:00 in January; UTC+10:30 in July. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.	Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.
Eastern Australia TimeAustralia/Melbourne	UTC+11:00 in January; UTC+10:00 in July. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.	Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.
Australian Western TimeAustralia/Perth	UTC+08:00. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.	Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.
Eastern Australia TimeAustralia/Sydney	UTC+11:00 in January; UTC+10:00 in July. Enable JavaScript for the live clock.	Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes.

Check the time at a point

Clock rules and political boundaries use different sources. For a location near a line, check the precise point instead of choosing a clock from a country outline.

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