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Time in Australia now

12:43:59AM

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Darwin Day / Abraham Lincoln's birthday / Red Hand Day

Australia (incl. outlying islands) has 9 time zones. The time zone for the capital Canberra is used here.
Sun: ↑ 06:33AM ↓ 08:02PM (13h 28m) - More info - Make Australia time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Australia

UTC +11

Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)
now 16 hours ahead of New York

From 5 April 2026: UTC +10 / Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
The time in Australia 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 Australia is Australia/Sydney.

Sunday October 5 2025

Latest change: Summer time started

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

Sunday April 5 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

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

Time difference
from Australia

Los Angeles	−19 hours	−19 hours
Chicago	−17 hours	−17 hours
New York	−16 hours	−16 hours
Toronto	−16 hours	−16 hours
São Paulo	−14 hours	−14 hours
London	−11 hours	−11 hours
UTC	−11 hours	−11 hours
Lagos	−10 hours	−10 hours
Paris	−10 hours	−10 hours
Zurich	−10 hours	−10 hours
Cairo	−9 hours	−9 hours
Johannesburg	−9 hours	−9 hours
Istanbul	−8 hours	−8 hours
Moscow	−8 hours	−8 hours
Dubai	−7 hours	−7 hours
Mumbai	−5.5 hours	−5.5 hours
Hong Kong	−3 hours	−3 hours
Shanghai	−3 hours	−3 hours
Singapore	−3 hours	−3 hours
Tokyo	−2 hours	−2 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.