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Time in Australia now

04:03:19AM

Friday, 24 April, 2026, week 17

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Australia (incl. outlying islands) has 9 time zones. The time zone for the capital Canberra is used here.
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Time zone info for Australia

UTC +10

Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
now 14 hours ahead of New York

From 4 October 2026: UTC +11 / Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)
The IANA time zone identifier for Australia is Australia/Sydney.

Sunday April 5 2026

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +10 / Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).
The time was set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Sunday October 4 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +11 / Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Australia

Los Angeles	−17 hours	−17 hours
Chicago	−15 hours	−15 hours
New York	−14 hours	−14 hours
Toronto	−14 hours	−14 hours
São Paulo	−13 hours	−13 hours
UTC	−10 hours	−10 hours
Lagos	−9 hours	−9 hours
London	−9 hours	−9 hours
Cairo	−8 hours	−8 hours
Johannesburg	−8 hours	−8 hours
Paris	−8 hours	−8 hours
Zurich	−8 hours	−8 hours
Istanbul	−7 hours	−7 hours
Moscow	−7 hours	−7 hours
Dubai	−6 hours	−6 hours
Mumbai	−4.5 hours	−4.5 hours
Hong Kong	−2 hours	−2 hours
Shanghai	−2 hours	−2 hours
Singapore	−2 hours	−2 hours
Tokyo	−1 hours	−1 hours
Sydney	0

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Australia on the map

Continent: Oceania
Area: 7,686,850 km²
Capital: Canberra
Currency: Dollar (AUD)
Calling code: +61
Internet top level domain: .au
Latitude: -25.00. Longitude: 135.00
Population: 24,992,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Australia 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.