Time in Lord Howe Island
The current offset in Lord Howe Island is UTC+10:30 (LHST), on the Australia/Lord_Howe zone. Its clocks change 2 times in 2026.
Lord Howe Island, Australia
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- Australia/Lord_Howe
- Abbreviation
- LHST
- Standard offset
- UTC+10:30
- Daylight offset
- UTC+11
- Country
- Australia (AU)
- Coordinates
- -31.56, 159.08
Daylight saving time
Clocks in Lord Howe Island change 2 times in 2026. The next changes:
- 2026-10-04 at 01:59Clocks go forward 30 minutes (UTC+10:30 → UTC+11)
- 2027-04-04 at 01:59Clocks go back 30 minutes (UTC+11 → UTC+10:30)
Sunrise and sunset
Computed from the city’s latitude and longitude with the NOAA solar position algorithm — no API, no network call.
- Sunrise
- 06:22
- Sunset
- 17:31
- Daylight
- 11 hours 9 minutes
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is Lord Howe Island in?
- Lord Howe Island uses the Australia/Lord_Howe time zone, currently UTC+10:30 (LHST). Use the IANA identifier rather than the abbreviation in code — abbreviations are ambiguous, and this one may mean something else somewhere else.
- Does Lord Howe Island observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Lord Howe Island moves between UTC+10:30 in winter and UTC+11 in summer, changing 2 times in 2026.
- What is the difference between Lord Howe Island and UTC?
- UTC+10:30 as of the last rebuild. It swings between UTC+10:30 and UTC+11 across the year.
- When does the sun rise and set in Lord Howe Island?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 06:22 and sunset 17:31 local time, giving 11 hours 9 minutes of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.