§ 01AU · Oceania
Sydney
Australia
Sydney is on Australian Eastern Time and observes DST, swinging between UTC+10 and UTC+11. It is ten hours ahead of London during southern summer and only nine in winter — a detail that catches northern schedulers. The ASX opens at 10:00 local.
Sydney · 1 Hz pulse
§ 02Day & business hours
Solar arc · UTC12h 06m of light
Sunrise
19:44 UTC
Solar noon
01:47 UTC
Sunset
07:50 UTC
Computed via NOAA solar equations for today's date. Local clock times shown below convert the UTC arc into Australia/Sydney.
Local solar times
- Sunrise
- 05:44
- Solar noon
- 11:47
- Sunset
- 17:50
- Day length
- 12h 06m
Conventional business hours
09:00—17:00
Approximate local convention; individual organisations vary significantly.
§ 03Conditions · live
Current
weather.
Live reading from Apple Weather, cached one hour at the edge. Temperature in °C, wind in km/h.
Conditions · liveNight
+18°C
Mostly cloudy
Feels like
18°
Wind
6 km/h NE
Humidity
89%
Pressure
1,030 mb
UV index · 0Visibility · 18 km
Weather · Apple Weather§ 04Time zone & daylight saving
The facts, computed.
Read live from the IANA time-zone database — never hand-typed, so it can't go stale.
- Time zone
- Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT+10)
- UTC offset
- UTC+10:00
- IANA identifier
- Australia/Sydney
- Daylight saving (2026)
- Yes. In 2026, clocks go forward around October 4 and back around April 5.
§ 05Time difference from major cities
London+9 h
New York+14 h
Tokyo+1 h
Dubai+6 h
Singapore+2 h
Hours are Sydney's current offset relative to each city, daylight saving included.
§ 06Frequently asked
- What time zone is Sydney in?
- Sydney is in the Australian Eastern Standard Time zone (GMT+10), currently UTC+10:00.
- Does Sydney observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. In 2026, clocks go forward around October 4 and back around April 5.
- What is Sydney's UTC offset right now?
- Sydney is currently UTC+10:00 (GMT+10).
- What is the time difference between Sydney and London?
- Sydney is 9 hours ahead of London right now.
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