Time in Sydney
The current offset in Sydney is UTC+10 (AEST), on the Australia/Sydney zone. Its clocks change 2 times in 2026.
Sydney, Australia
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- Australia/Sydney
- Abbreviation
- AEST
- Standard offset
- UTC+10
- Daylight offset
- UTC+11
- Country
- Australia (AU)
- Coordinates
- -33.87, 151.21
Daylight saving time
Clocks in Sydney 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
- 06:26
- Sunset
- 17:30
- Daylight
- 11 hours 4 minutes
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is Sydney in?
- Sydney uses the Australia/Sydney 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 Sydney observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Sydney moves between UTC+10 in winter and UTC+11 in summer, changing 2 times in 2026.
- What is the difference between Sydney 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 Sydney?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 06:26 and sunset 17:30 local time, giving 11 hours 4 minutes of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.