← AtomicTime world clock
🇦🇺 Australia · Oceania
Current time in Sydney
19:45:43
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Sydney time zone
- IANA time zone
- Australia/Sydney
- Current offset
- UTC+10 from UTC
- Daylight saving time
- Observed. Sydney uses UTC+10 in winter and UTC+11 during daylight saving time.
- Coordinates
- -33.8688°, 151.2093°
- Population
- 5.3M
Time difference from Sydney
- London is 9 hours behind Sydney.
- New York is 14 hours behind Sydney.
- Tokyo is 1 hour behind Sydney.
About Sydney's time zone
Australia's states standardised their time zones in 1895, with New South Wales settling on UTC+10. Because Sydney sits in the Southern Hemisphere, its daylight saving period runs opposite the Northern Hemisphere's — October to April — so its clocks change months apart from London's or New York's despite sharing the same 'DST' label.
Frequently asked questions
- What time zone is Sydney in?
- Sydney uses the Australia/Sydney time zone, currently UTC+10 from UTC.
- Does Sydney observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Sydney uses UTC+10 in winter and switches to UTC+11 during daylight saving time.
- What is the time difference between Sydney and other major cities?
- London is 9 hours behind Sydney; New York is 14 hours behind Sydney; Tokyo is 1 hour behind Sydney.