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Current Time in Sydney

The live local time in Sydney, Australia — computed in your browser from the IANA time zone Australia/Sydney, so daylight saving is always applied correctly for today.

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Time zone facts for Sydney

  • IANA time zone: Australia/Sydney
  • Standard offset: UTC+10
  • Daylight saving: observed — the offset moves to UTC+11 while DST is active (the live clock above already reflects today's status).
  • January / July offset: UTC+11 / UTC+10
  • Offset as of September 2026: UTC+10 — daylight saving not in effect
  • Next clock change: clocks go forward 1 hour on Sunday, October 4, 2026 (local date), moving the offset from UTC+10 to UTC+11

How Sydney's offset moves through the year

Sydney keeps two offsets: UTC+11 in January and UTC+10 in July. The clocks move between them twice a year, and each move changes the difference between Sydney and every place that does not move at the same instant. As of September 2026, the offset is UTC+10, so daylight saving is not in effect.

The seasonal pattern here is the inverse of the northern hemisphere's: daylight saving in Sydney is active around January (UTC+11) and inactive around July (UTC+10). Against a city whose daylight saving runs through July instead, the two shifts cannot cancel — between January and July one side moves its clocks back while the other moves them forward. That is why the gap to London and New York below takes three distinct values across the year rather than two.

The coming cycle, derived from the IANA time zone database as of September 2026: the clocks next go forward 1 hour on Sunday, October 4, 2026 (Sydney local date), taking the offset from UTC+10 to UTC+11. The change after that comes 182 days later, on Sunday, April 4, 2027, when the clocks go back 1 hour and the offset returns from UTC+11 to UTC+10. Those 182 days are the daylight-saving part of the year for Sydney.

Read those two dates alongside the partner's dates for any city you work with. If the partner does not observe daylight saving, the gap to it changes on exactly these two dates. If it does, the gap changes only where the two calendars disagree — not at all when both sides switch at the same instants, otherwise on every date where one side has shifted and the other has not yet. The table below works that out for the reference cities.

Set against the reference cities, as of September 2026: Sydney's next change comes 21 days before London's (Sunday, October 25, 2026, London date) and 29 days before New York's (Sunday, November 1, 2026, New York date). Tokyo has no change of its own scheduled within the next 15 months, so its gap to Sydney moves on Sydney's dates alone. Which city moves first is what shapes each of the mismatch windows set out below.

The gap to London, New York, and Tokyo across the year

The differences below were computed at build time by scanning the coming twelve months of the IANA time zone database for each pair, locating every instant at which either city changes its clocks, and reading the gap on each side of it. "As of September 2026" is the gap today; "over the year" is the full range the pair takes before the same month comes round again, from Sydney's point of view.

Sydney's difference from each reference city, as of September 2026. Derived from the IANA time zone database at build time.
Reference Sydney is, as of September 2026 Over the coming year Why
London 9 hours ahead 9 hours ahead to 11 hours ahead (3 distinct values) both change clocks, on different dates
New York 14 hours ahead 14 hours ahead to 16 hours ahead (3 distinct values) both change clocks, on different dates
Tokyo 1 hour ahead 1 hour ahead to 2 hours ahead only Sydney changes its clocks

None of the three gaps holds still for the whole year. The mechanism in each case is set out below, with the exact instants at which the gap moves.

Sydney and London

As of September 2026, Sydney is 9 hours ahead of London. Both Sydney and London change their clocks, but not at the same instants. Between one side's transition and the other's, only one shift has happened, so the gap briefly holds a value it holds only inside these mismatch windows. The gap changes 4 times in the coming twelve months; the briefest such window lasts 7 days, from March 28, 2027 to April 4, 2027 (Sydney dates), during which Sydney is 10 hours ahead of London.

  • From Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM (Sydney time), when Sydney changes clocks: Sydney is 10 hours ahead of London.
  • From Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM (Sydney time), when London changes clocks: Sydney is 11 hours ahead of London.
  • From Sunday, March 28, 2027 at 12:00 PM (Sydney time), when London changes clocks: Sydney is 10 hours ahead of London.
  • From Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 2:00 AM (Sydney time), when Sydney changes clocks: Sydney is 9 hours ahead of London.

Each of those windows is opened by one city's change and closed by the other's. The first, from October 4, 2026 to October 25, 2026 (Sydney dates), opens when Sydney's clocks go forward and closes 21 days later when London's go back. In between, both cities are on daylight time, so Sydney is 10 hours ahead of London against 9 hours ahead before it and 11 hours ahead after it. The second, from March 28, 2027 to April 4, 2027 (Sydney dates), opens when London's clocks go forward and closes 7 days later when Sydney's go back. In between, both cities are on daylight time, so Sydney is 10 hours ahead of London against 11 hours ahead before it and 9 hours ahead after it. Which city moves first differs from window to window, and the longest of them lasts 21 days.

Sydney and New York

As of September 2026, Sydney is 14 hours ahead of New York. Both Sydney and New York change their clocks, but not at the same instants. Between one side's transition and the other's, only one shift has happened, so the gap briefly holds a value it holds only inside these mismatch windows. The gap changes 4 times in the coming twelve months; the briefest such window lasts 20 days, from March 14, 2027 to April 4, 2027 (Sydney dates), during which Sydney is 15 hours ahead of New York.

  • From Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM (Sydney time), when Sydney changes clocks: Sydney is 15 hours ahead of New York.
  • From Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM (Sydney time), when New York changes clocks: Sydney is 16 hours ahead of New York.
  • From Sunday, March 14, 2027 at 6:00 PM (Sydney time), when New York changes clocks: Sydney is 15 hours ahead of New York.
  • From Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 2:00 AM (Sydney time), when Sydney changes clocks: Sydney is 14 hours ahead of New York.

Each of those windows is opened by one city's change and closed by the other's. The first, from October 4, 2026 to November 1, 2026 (Sydney dates), opens when Sydney's clocks go forward and closes 29 days later when New York's go back. In between, both cities are on daylight time, so Sydney is 15 hours ahead of New York against 14 hours ahead before it and 16 hours ahead after it. The second, from March 14, 2027 to April 4, 2027 (Sydney dates), opens when New York's clocks go forward and closes 20 days later when Sydney's go back. In between, both cities are on daylight time, so Sydney is 15 hours ahead of New York against 16 hours ahead before it and 14 hours ahead after it. Which city moves first differs from window to window, and the longest of them lasts 29 days.

Sydney and Tokyo

As of September 2026, Sydney is 1 hour ahead of Tokyo. Sydney changes its clocks for daylight saving and Tokyo does not. Each Sydney transition therefore moves the gap by the full size of that shift, and nothing ever moves it back except the next Sydney transition. The gap changes twice in the coming twelve months, always on Sydney's dates — Tokyo's calendar plays no part.

  • From Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM (Sydney time), when Sydney changes clocks: Sydney is 2 hours ahead of Tokyo.
  • From Sunday, April 4, 2027 at 2:00 AM (Sydney time), when Sydney changes clocks: Sydney is 1 hour ahead of Tokyo.

Ranked by how many of the 365 scanned days each gap spends at its most common value, from Sydney's point of view: London 183 (9 hours ahead), New York 183 (14 hours ahead), and Tokyo 183 (1 hour ahead) — a tie.

Working hours that overlap

Assume a 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM working day in Sydney and the same in each reference city. The overlap is then a plain consequence of the gap, and it changes whenever the gap does — so where a pair takes more than one gap during the year, both readings are given. As of September 2026:

  • London: none at any gap the pair takes during the year — a 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM day in Sydney never meets a 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM day in London.
  • New York: none at any gap the pair takes during the year — a 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM day in Sydney never meets a 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM day in New York.
  • Tokyo: 7 hours — 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Sydney, which is 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in Tokyo. When Sydney is 2 hours ahead of Tokyo — the rest of the year — the overlap is 6 hours — 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Sydney, which is 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM in Tokyo.

The 9-to-5 window is a convention, not a fact about anyone's hours. The Meeting Planner takes each participant's actual working hours and evaluates the overlap for the specific date, so a slot chosen in one season is still checked against the other side's clock in the next.

Sydney time — frequently asked questions

What time zone is Sydney in?

Sydney uses the IANA time zone Australia/Sydney. Its standard offset is UTC+10, moving to UTC+11 while daylight saving time is active.

Does Sydney observe daylight saving time?

Yes. The offset is UTC+11 in January and UTC+10 in July. As of September 2026, daylight saving is not in effect and the offset is UTC+10.

When do the clocks next change in Sydney?

As of September 2026, the next scheduled change is: clocks go forward 1 hour on Sunday, October 4, 2026 (local date), moving the offset from UTC+10 to UTC+11.

How does Sydney time compare with UTC, London, and New York?

As of September 2026, Sydney is on UTC+10 and 9 hours ahead of London and 14 hours ahead of New York. These differences shift whenever either side changes its clocks for daylight saving.

How far ahead of or behind New York is Sydney over the year?

As of September 2026, Sydney is 14 hours ahead of New York. Over the coming twelve months the difference ranges from 14 hours ahead to 16 hours ahead, changing 4 times, because both cities change their clocks, but not at the same instants. The dates of each change are listed on this page under "Sydney and New York".

Why does a standing meeting between Sydney and London move by 1 hour during the year?

It moves more often than that in this pairing. Both Sydney and London change their clocks, but not at the same instants, so the difference changes 4 times in the coming twelve months. Between one city's transition and the other's, a meeting sits 1 hour away from its usual slot on one side; the briefest such window in the coming year lasts 7 days. The exact instants are listed on this page under "Sydney and London".

Business-hours overlap

When it is 9:00 AM in Sydney (as of September 2026), it is 12:00 AM in London, 7:00 PM the previous day in New York, and 8:00 AM in Tokyo. These readings shift when any of the cities changes its clocks — the Meeting Planner computes the overlap for your exact date.

Zone-to-zone converter pages for Sydney

AEST — Australian Eastern Standard Time. Sydney is the anchor city for AEST on this site; the same zone is written AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) while daylight saving is active, and in everyday use "AEST" means Sydney's time, whichever of AEST/AEDT is in force. The same letters also mean: Eastern time as kept year-round in Brisbane, which does not observe DST. Each converter page states which meaning it uses.

The one corridor anchored on AEST, as of September 2026, leads to a zone that switches on different dates (EST), opening mismatch windows of up to 29 days.

Convert a time for Sydney

Planning a call or a deadline? Use the Time Zone Converter to translate any date and time to or from Sydney — DST-correct for that exact date — or line up working hours side by side in the Meeting Planner. For the corridors people search for by abbreviation — IST to EST, IST to PST, IST to GMT and the rest — the zone-to-zone converter pages explain, pair by pair, whether the gap moves during the year and when.

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