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Time in Sydney, Australia now

04:05:29AM

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

International Translation Day

Sydney switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, October 4. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 05:34AM ↓ 05:57PM (12h 23m) - More info - Make Sydney time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Sydney

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 time in Sydney can be either 14, 15 or 16 hours ahead of the time in New York, depending on the time of the year.
The IANA time zone identifier for Sydney 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 Sydney

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
Johannesburg	−8 hours	−8 hours
Paris	−8 hours	−8 hours
Zurich	−8 hours	−8 hours
Cairo	−7 hours	−7 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

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Sydney

Sunrise: 05:34AM
Sunset: 05:57PM
Day length: 12h 23m
Solar noon: 11:45AM
The current local time in Sydney is 15 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Sydney on the map

Location: Australia
Latitude: -33.87. Longitude: 151.21
Population: 5,557,000

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