§ 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 48m of light
Sunrise
19:16 UTC
Solar noon
01:41 UTC
Sunset
08:05 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
- 06:16
- Solar noon
- 12:41
- Sunset
- 19:05
- Day length
- 12h 48m
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
+14°C
Drizzle
Feels like
9°
Wind
23 km/h S
Humidity
82%
Pressure
1,022 mb
UV index · 0Visibility · 12 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 Daylight Time (GMT+11)
- UTC offset
- UTC+11:00
- 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+10 h
New York+15 h
Tokyo+2 h
Dubai+7 h
Singapore+3 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 Daylight Time zone (GMT+11), currently UTC+11:00.
- 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+11:00 (GMT+11).
- What is the time difference between Sydney and London?
- Sydney is 10 hours ahead of London right now.
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