Time in Melbourne
The current offset in Melbourne is UTC+10 (AEST), on the Australia/Melbourne zone. Its clocks change 2 times in 2026.
Melbourne, Australia
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- Australia/Melbourne
- Abbreviation
- AEST
- Standard offset
- UTC+10
- Daylight offset
- UTC+11
- Country
- Australia (AU)
- Coordinates
- -37.81, 144.96
Daylight saving time
Clocks in Melbourne change 2 times in 2026. The next changes:
- 2026-10-04 at 01:59Clocks go forward 60 minutes (UTC+10 → UTC+11)
- 2027-04-04 at 02:59Clocks go back 60 minutes (UTC+11 → UTC+10)
Sunrise and sunset
Computed from the city’s latitude and longitude with the NOAA solar position algorithm — no API, no network call.
- Sunrise
- 06:56
- Sunset
- 17:50
- Daylight
- 10 hours 54 minutes
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is Melbourne in?
- Melbourne uses the Australia/Melbourne time zone, currently UTC+10 (AEST). Use the IANA identifier rather than the abbreviation in code — abbreviations are ambiguous, and this one may mean something else somewhere else.
- Does Melbourne observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Melbourne moves between UTC+10 in winter and UTC+11 in summer, changing 2 times in 2026.
- What is the difference between Melbourne and UTC?
- UTC+10 as of the last rebuild. It swings between UTC+10 and UTC+11 across the year.
- When does the sun rise and set in Melbourne?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 06:56 and sunset 17:50 local time, giving 10 hours 54 minutes of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.