Current Time in Sydney, Australia
Time and Sun Facts for Sydney
- Local time
- 8:15 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
- 6:02 am
- Sunset
- 7:15 pm
- Day length
- 13 hours 13 minutes
- Coordinates
- -33.87, 151.21
How Sydney Keeps Time
Sydney keeps AEDT, UTC+11. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Sydney; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.
Sydney 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 Sydney at 6:02 am today and sets at 7:15 pm — 13 hours 13 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 12:39 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (-33.87, 151.21), so they shift a little every day of the year.
On the two solstices, Sydney has about 9 hours 54 minutes of daylight in June and 14 hours 24 minutes in December. The difference is about 4 hours 31 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.
At the current civil offset, Sydney’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 55 minutes between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 12:39 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.
Sydney at a Glance
| Coordinates | -33.8700, 151.2100 |
|---|---|
| IANA time zone | Australia/Sydney |
| Current UTC offset | UTC+11 |
| Daylight saving | Observed seasonally |
| Sunrise today | 6:02 am |
| Sunset today | 7:15 pm |
| Solar noon | 12:39 pm |
| Daylight today | 13 hours 13 minutes |
| Straight-line distance to Canberra | 247 km |
| Current clock difference vs Canberra | Same civil time |
How Sydney Compares with Other Cities
Read the last column as the other city relative to Sydney. 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 Sydney |
|---|---|---|
| London | 10:15 pm | 10 hours behind |
| New York | 5:15 pm | 15 hours behind |
| Los Angeles | 2:15 pm | 18 hours behind |
| Dubai | 1:15 am | 7 hours behind |
| Karachi | 2:15 am | 6 hours behind |
| Singapore | 5:15 am | 3 hours behind |
| Tokyo | 6:15 am | 2 hours behind |
Nearby Listed Cities to Sydney
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Canberra | 247 km | 8:15 am |
| Gold Coast | 683 km | 7:15 am |
| Melbourne | 713 km | 8:15 am |
| Brisbane | 733 km | 7:15 am |
| Hobart | 1,057 km | 8:15 am |
Other Cities in Australia
Australia keeps more than one zone, so these do not all read the same.
Questions People Ask
When does Sydney 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 Sydney 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 Sydney 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 12:39 pm.
More Clocks and Time Zones
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