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Time in Australia now

04:05:05AM

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Holy Saturday (Easter) / World Drummers' Day

Australia switches to standard time at 03:00AM on Sunday, April 5. The time is set one hour back.
Australia (incl. outlying islands) has 9 time zones. The time zone for the capital Canberra is used here.
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Time zone info for Australia

UTC +11

Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)
now 15 hours ahead of New York

From 5 April 2026: UTC +10 / Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
The IANA time zone identifier for Australia is Australia/Sydney.

Sunday October 5 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +11 / Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Sunday April 5 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +10 / Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).
The time will be set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Australia

Los Angeles	−18 hours	−18 hours
Chicago	−16 hours	−16 hours
New York	−15 hours	−15 hours
Toronto	−15 hours	−15 hours
São Paulo	−14 hours	−14 hours
UTC	−11 hours	−11 hours
Lagos	−10 hours	−10 hours
London	−10 hours	−10 hours
Cairo	−9 hours	−9 hours
Johannesburg	−9 hours	−9 hours
Paris	−9 hours	−9 hours
Zurich	−9 hours	−9 hours
Istanbul	−8 hours	−8 hours
Moscow	−8 hours	−8 hours
Dubai	−7 hours	−7 hours
Mumbai	−5.5 hours	−5.5 hours
Hong Kong	−3 hours	−3 hours
Shanghai	−3 hours	−3 hours
Singapore	−3 hours	−3 hours
Tokyo	−2 hours	−2 hours
Sydney	0

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Australia on the map

Continent: Oceania
Area: 7,686,850 km²
Capital: Canberra
Currency: Dollar (AUD)
Calling code: +61
Internet top level domain: .au
Latitude: -25.00. Longitude: 135.00
Population: 24,992,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Australia 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.

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Time in Australia now

Time zone info for Australia

Time difference from Australia

Australia on the map

Annual average temperatures for Australia 1901-2021

The 25 largest cities in Australia

Time difference
from Australia

Annual average temperatures
for Australia 1901-2021

The 25 largest cities in
Australia