Current Time in Canberra, Australia
Time and Sun Facts for Canberra
- Local time
- 8:46 am
- Date
- Sunday, 25 October 2026
- Time zone
Australia/Sydney- UTC offset
- UTC+11
- Daylight saving
- In effect now
- Next clock change
- 4 April 2027 — clocks go back
- Sunrise
- 6:09 am
- Sunset
- 7:26 pm
- Day length
- 13 hours 17 minutes
- Coordinates
- -35.28, 149.13
How Canberra Keeps Time
Canberra keeps AEDT, UTC+11. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Canberra; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.
Canberra runs on the Australia/Sydney zone in the IANA time zone database, which is UTC+11 right now. The clocks change twice a year here: UTC+10 on standard time and UTC+11 while daylight saving is in force. The next change is on 4 April 2027, when clocks go back one hour.
The sun rises in Canberra at 6:09 am today and sets at 7:26 pm — 13 hours 17 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 12:47 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (-35.28, 149.13), so they shift a little every day of the year.
On the two solstices, Canberra has about 9 hours 46 minutes of daylight in June and 14 hours 32 minutes in December. The difference is about 4 hours 46 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.
At the current civil offset, Canberra’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 1 hour 3 minutes between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 12:47 pm rather than 12:00 on the clock.
AEDT is one of several zones in Australia, so a time quoted for the country as a whole is not necessarily the time here. Check the city rather than the country when it matters.
Canberra at a Glance
| Coordinates | -35.2800, 149.1300 |
|---|---|
| IANA time zone | Australia/Sydney |
| Current UTC offset | UTC+11 |
| Daylight saving | Observed seasonally |
| Sunrise today | 6:09 am |
| Sunset today | 7:26 pm |
| Solar noon | 12:47 pm |
| Daylight today | 13 hours 17 minutes |
How Canberra Compares with Other Cities
Read the last column as the other city relative to Canberra. Where either place uses daylight saving, the gap changes for part of the year — the time difference calculator always shows today’s figure.
| City | Local time | Compared with Canberra |
|---|---|---|
| London | 10:46 pm | 10 hours behind |
| New York | 5:46 pm | 15 hours behind |
| Los Angeles | 2:46 pm | 18 hours behind |
| Dubai | 1:46 am | 7 hours behind |
| Karachi | 2:46 am | 6 hours behind |
| Singapore | 5:46 am | 3 hours behind |
| Tokyo | 6:46 am | 2 hours behind |
Nearby Listed Cities to Canberra
Distances are straight-line geographic distances between the coordinates used by the directory; road or rail distances will be longer.
| City | Approx. distance | Local time |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 247 km | 8:46 am |
| Melbourne | 467 km | 8:46 am |
| Hobart | 859 km | 8:46 am |
| Gold Coast | 903 km | 7:46 am |
| Brisbane | 944 km | 7:46 am |
Other Cities in Australia
Australia keeps more than one zone, so these do not all read the same.
Questions People Ask
When does Canberra next change its clocks?
The next transition is 4 April 2027. Use Australia/Sydney in calendar software instead of pinning an event to one fixed UTC offset.
Is Canberra the time everywhere in Australia?
No. Australia currently has 5 distinct civil UTC offsets represented in the directory, so the country page separates the regions.
Why is solar noon in Canberra far from 12:00?
The current civil offset and the city longitude do not place mean solar noon at twelve on the clock. Today the calculated solar noon is 12:47 pm.
More Clocks and Time Zones
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