Time in Australia

Australia is divided into 3 time zones.

Time Zone	Time	Cities in This Time Zone
Australian Eastern Standard Time AEDT or UTC+11:00	Mon 03:19	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Canberra, Newcastle, Logan City, Geelong, Hobart, Townsville
Australian Central Standard Time ACDT or UTC+10:30	Mon 02:49	Adelaide, Darwin, Adelaide Hills, Alice Springs, Palmerston, Mount Gambier, Prospect, Gawler, Whyalla, Murray Bridge
Australian Western Standard Time AWST or UTC+08:00	Mon 12:19	Perth, Mandurah, Albany, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kwinana, Geraldton, Busselton, Port Hedland, Broome, Karratha

Find out the current time in all Australia’s cities

Daylight saving time (DST) in Australia

Daylight saving time in Australia is determined by state and territory legislation.

States of South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory observe DST.

States of Western Australia and Queensland, as well as the Northern Territory do not observe DST.

Where DST is observed, see recent and expected DST changes in the table below.
The next DST change is highlighted.

Change Type	Time and Date of DST Change	Time Change
DST began	Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 2:00 AM	The clocks were put forward an hour.
DST ends	Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 3:00 AM	The clocks will be put back an hour.
DST begins	Sunday, October 3, 2021 at 2:00 AM	The clocks will be put forward an hour.

To determine DST rules for a specific Australian city, click on the city name in the table below or enter it in the top menu search form.

Australia: basic facts and figures

Full name: Commonwealth of Australia
Continent: Oceania
Region: Australia and New Zealand
Population: 21,515,754
Area: 7,686,850 km²
Capital: Canberra
Currency: Dollar (AUD)
Phone code: 61
Domain: .au
See the map of Australia
Wikipedia article: Australia

Current local time in Australia’s cities

City	Time	City	Time
Adelaide	Mon 02:49	Kempsey	Mon 03:19
Adelaide Hills	Mon 02:49	Kendenup	Mon 12:19
Albany	Mon 12:19	Kiama	Mon 03:19
Albury	Mon 03:19	Kingaroy	Mon 02:19
Aldgate	Mon 02:49	Kingscote	Mon 02:49
Alexandra	Mon 03:19	Kingston	Mon 02:49
Alexandria	Mon 03:19	Klemzig	Mon 02:49
Alice Springs	Mon 01:49	Kogarah	Mon 03:19
Allansford	Mon 03:19	Kootingal	Mon 03:19
Angaston	Mon 02:49	Kununurra	Mon 12:19
Anglesea	Mon 03:19	Kuranda	Mon 02:19
Apollo Bay	Mon 03:19	Kwinana	Mon 12:19
Ararat	Mon 03:19	Kyabram	Mon 03:19
Armidale	Mon 03:19	Kyogle	Mon 03:19
Athelstone	Mon 02:49	Lakes Entrance	Mon 03:19
Atherton	Mon 02:19	Larnook	Mon 03:19
Augusta	Mon 12:19	Latrobe	Mon 03:19
Austins Ferry	Mon 03:19	Launceston	Mon 03:19
Ayr	Mon 02:19	Laverton	Mon 03:19
Bacchus Marsh	Mon 03:19	Lawson	Mon 03:19
Bairnsdale	Mon 03:19	Leeton	Mon 03:19
Balaklava	Mon 02:49	Leura	Mon 03:19
Balhannah	Mon 02:49	Lewiston	Mon 02:49
Ballarat	Mon 03:19	Lightning Ridge	Mon 03:19
Ballina	Mon 03:19	Lismore	Mon 03:19
Balwyn North	Mon 03:19	Lithgow	Mon 03:19
Barmera	Mon 02:49	Little Hampton	Mon 02:49
Batemans Bay	Mon 03:19	Lobethal	Mon 02:49
Bathurst	Mon 03:19	Logan City	Mon 02:19
Beaumont	Mon 02:49	Longford	Mon 03:19
Bedford Park	Mon 02:49	Lower Chittering	Mon 12:19
Bedfordale	Mon 12:19	Lower Plenty	Mon 03:19
Bega	Mon 03:19	Lyndoch	Mon 02:49
Bellerive	Mon 03:19	Macclesfield	Mon 02:49
Bellingen	Mon 03:19	Mackay	Mon 02:19
Belmont	Mon 12:19	Macksville	Mon 03:19
Benalla	Mon 03:19	Maclean	Mon 03:19
Bendigo	Mon 03:19	Maitland	Mon 03:19
Bentley	Mon 12:19	Mandurah	Mon 12:19
Beresfield	Mon 03:19	Mango Hill	Mon 02:19
Bermagui	Mon 03:19	Manilla	Mon 03:19
Berri	Mon 02:49	Manjimup	Mon 12:19
Berridale	Mon 03:19	Mannum	Mon 02:49
Berrigan	Mon 03:19	Mansfield	Mon 03:19
Berry	Mon 03:19	Mareeba	Mon 02:19
Beverley	Mon 12:19	Margaret River	Mon 12:19
Biloela	Mon 02:19	Margate	Mon 03:19
Blackwater	Mon 02:19	Marion	Mon 02:49
Blair Athol	Mon 02:49	Maryborough	Mon 03:19
Blair Athol	Mon 03:19	Maryborough	Mon 02:19
Blaxland	Mon 03:19	Maylands	Mon 12:19
Blayney	Mon 03:19	Meadows	Mon 02:49
Boambee	Mon 03:19	Melbourne	Mon 03:19
Bomaderry	Mon 03:19	Melville	Mon 12:19
Bonville	Mon 03:19	Meningie	Mon 02:49
Boorowa	Mon 03:19	Merimbula	Mon 03:19
Bordertown	Mon 02:49	Merredin	Mon 12:19
Boulder	Mon 12:19	Merriwa	Mon 03:19
Bourke	Mon 03:19	Mildura	Mon 03:19
Bowen	Mon 02:19	Millicent	Mon 02:49
Bowenfels	Mon 03:19	Milton	Mon 03:19
Bowral	Mon 03:19	Mindarie	Mon 12:19
Bowraville	Mon 03:19	Mitcham	Mon 02:49
Braidwood	Mon 03:19	Mittagong	Mon 03:19
Bridgetown	Mon 12:19	Moama	Mon 03:19
Bridgewater	Mon 02:49	Molong	Mon 03:19
Bridport	Mon 03:19	Moonee Beach	Mon 03:19
Brighton	Mon 02:49	Moora	Mon 12:19
Brisbane	Mon 02:19	Mooroopna	Mon 03:19
Broken Hill	Mon 02:49	Moranbah	Mon 02:19
Broome	Mon 12:19	Moree	Mon 03:19
Brunswick Heads	Mon 03:19	Moruya	Mon 03:19
Bulahdelah	Mon 03:19	Morwell	Mon 03:19
Bundaberg	Mon 02:19	Mosman Park	Mon 12:19
Bundanoon	Mon 03:19	Moss Vale	Mon 03:19
Bungendore	Mon 03:19	Mount Barker	Mon 02:49
Burnie	Mon 03:19	Mount Barker	Mon 12:19
Burwood	Mon 03:19	Mount Gambier	Mon 02:49
Busselton	Mon 12:19	Mount Isa	Mon 02:19
Buxton	Mon 03:19	Mudgee	Mon 03:19
Byron Bay	Mon 03:19	Mullaloo	Mon 12:19
Cairns	Mon 02:19	Mulwala	Mon 03:19
Caloundra	Mon 02:19	Murray Bridge	Mon 02:49
Camden Haven	Mon 03:19	Murrumbateman	Mon 03:19
Campbelltown	Mon 02:49	Muswellbrook	Mon 03:19
Campbelltown	Mon 03:19	Nabiac	Mon 03:19
Canberra	Mon 03:19	Nairne	Mon 02:49
Canowindra	Mon 03:19	Nambucca	Mon 03:19
Capel	Mon 12:19	Nambucca Heads	Mon 03:19
Carnarvon	Mon 12:19	Naracoorte	Mon 02:49
Casino	Mon 03:19	Narangba	Mon 02:19
Castlemaine	Mon 03:19	Narooma	Mon 03:19
Caulfield	Mon 03:19	Narrabri	Mon 03:19
Caulfield North	Mon 03:19	Narrandera	Mon 03:19
Caulfield South	Mon 03:19	Narrogin	Mon 12:19
Ceduna	Mon 02:49	Narromine	Mon 03:19
Cessnock	Mon 03:19	New Lambton	Mon 03:19
Charters Towers	Mon 02:19	New Norfolk	Mon 03:19
Cheltenham	Mon 02:49	Newcastle	Mon 03:19
Childers	Mon 02:19	Newman	Mon 12:19
Chinchilla	Mon 02:19	Newport	Mon 03:19
City of Parramatta	Mon 03:19	Nhulunbuy	Mon 01:49
Clare	Mon 02:49	Nickol	Mon 12:19
Claremont	Mon 12:19	Nimbin	Mon 03:19
Clarence Town	Mon 03:19	Noosa	Mon 02:19
Clarkson	Mon 12:19	North Haven	Mon 03:19
Clifton Springs	Mon 03:19	North Melbourne	Mon 03:19
Cloncurry	Mon 02:19	North Shore	Mon 03:19
Cobar	Mon 03:19	North Wonthaggi	Mon 03:19
Coffs Harbour	Mon 03:19	Northam	Mon 12:19
Colac	Mon 03:19	Nowra	Mon 03:19
Collie	Mon 12:19	Nuriootpa	Mon 02:49
Colo Vale	Mon 03:19	Nyngan	Mon 03:19
Condobolin	Mon 03:19	Oakdale	Mon 03:19
Coober Pedy	Mon 02:49	Oakey	Mon 02:19
Cooktown	Mon 02:19	Oatley	Mon 03:19
Coolamon	Mon 03:19	Oberon	Mon 03:19
Cooma	Mon 03:19	Old Bar	Mon 03:19
Coonabarabran	Mon 03:19	Orange	Mon 03:19
Coonamble	Mon 03:19	Ouyen	Mon 03:19
Cootamundra	Mon 03:19	Palmerston	Mon 01:49
Coraki	Mon 03:19	Paraburdoo	Mon 12:19
Corowa	Mon 03:19	Paramatta	Mon 03:19
Cottesloe	Mon 12:19	Parkes	Mon 03:19
Coutts Crossing	Mon 03:19	Pearce	Mon 12:19
Cowes	Mon 03:19	Penguin	Mon 03:19
Cowra	Mon 03:19	Penola	Mon 02:49
Crafers	Mon 02:49	Perth	Mon 03:19
Craigburn Farm	Mon 02:49	Perth	Mon 12:19
Cranbourne	Mon 03:19	Peterborough	Mon 02:49
Crescent Head	Mon 03:19	Phillip	Mon 03:19
Crookwell	Mon 03:19	Phillip Island	Mon 03:19
Croydon	Mon 03:19	Picton	Mon 03:19
Crystal Brook	Mon 02:49	Pinjarra	Mon 12:19
Cundletown	Mon 03:19	Port Augusta	Mon 02:49
Dalby	Mon 02:19	Port Augusta West	Mon 02:49
Dampier	Mon 12:19	Port Douglas	Mon 02:19
Dareton	Mon 03:19	Port Elliot	Mon 02:49
Darlington	Mon 12:19	Port Fairy	Mon 03:19
Darlington Point	Mon 03:19	Port Hedland	Mon 12:19
Darwin	Mon 01:49	Port Lincoln	Mon 02:49
Deloraine	Mon 03:19	Port Macquarie	Mon 03:19
Deniliquin	Mon 03:19	Port Pirie	Mon 02:49
Denman	Mon 03:19	Port Sorell	Mon 03:19
Denmark	Mon 12:19	Port Stephens	Mon 03:19
Derby	Mon 12:19	Portland	Mon 03:19
Devonport	Mon 03:19	Portland	Mon 03:19
Dongara	Mon 12:19	Proserpine	Mon 02:19
Donnybrook	Mon 12:19	Prospect	Mon 02:49
Dorrigo	Mon 03:19	Pymble	Mon 03:19
Douglas Park	Mon 03:19	Queanbeyan	Mon 03:19
Dubbo	Mon 03:19	Queenscliff	Mon 03:19
Dunedoo	Mon 03:19	Queenstown	Mon 03:19
Dungog	Mon 03:19	Quinns Rocks	Mon 12:19
Dunsborough	Mon 12:19	Quirindi	Mon 03:19
Earlwood	Mon 03:19	Rainbow Beach	Mon 02:19
East Ballina	Mon 03:19	Ravenshoe	Mon 02:19
East Fremantle	Mon 12:19	Raymond Terrace	Mon 03:19
East Lismore	Mon 03:19	Red Hill	Mon 02:19
Echuca	Mon 03:19	Redlynch	Mon 02:19
Eden	Mon 03:19	Renmark	Mon 02:49
Eglinton	Mon 03:19	Renmark West	Mon 02:49
Elizabeth	Mon 02:49	Revesby	Mon 03:19
Emerald	Mon 02:19	Reynella	Mon 02:49
Encounter Bay	Mon 02:49	Richmond	Mon 03:19
Epping	Mon 03:19	Rockhampton	Mon 02:19
Esperance	Mon 12:19	Roebourne	Mon 12:19
Ettalong	Mon 03:19	Roma	Mon 02:19
Eulomogo	Mon 03:19	Roselands	Mon 03:19
Evans Head	Mon 03:19	Roxby Downs	Mon 02:49
Fawkner	Mon 03:19	Saint Albans	Mon 03:19
Finley	Mon 03:19	Sale	Mon 03:19
Forbes	Mon 03:19	Salisbury	Mon 02:49
Forestville	Mon 03:19	Sandford	Mon 03:19
Forster	Mon 03:19	Sarina	Mon 02:19
Frankston East	Mon 03:19	Sawtell	Mon 03:19
Freeling	Mon 02:49	Scarness	Mon 02:19
Galston	Mon 03:19	Scottsdale	Mon 03:19
Garfield	Mon 03:19	Seacliff	Mon 02:49
Gatton	Mon 02:19	Shellharbour Village	Mon 03:19
Gawler	Mon 02:49	Singleton	Mon 03:19
Gayndah	Mon 02:19	Smithton	Mon 03:19
Geelong	Mon 03:19	South Grafton	Mon 03:19
Geeveston	Mon 03:19	St Helens	Mon 03:19
George Town	Mon 03:19	St Leonards	Mon 03:19
Geraldton	Mon 12:19	Stanthorpe	Mon 02:19
Gilgandra	Mon 03:19	Stawell	Mon 03:19
Gladstone	Mon 02:19	Stirling	Mon 02:49
Glen Innes	Mon 03:19	Stoneville	Mon 12:19
Glen Iris	Mon 03:19	Strathalbyn	Mon 02:49
Glenbrook	Mon 03:19	Swan Hill	Mon 03:19
Gloucester	Mon 03:19	Sydney	Mon 03:19
Gol Gol	Mon 03:19	Tailem Bend	Mon 02:49
Gold Coast	Mon 02:19	Tamborine Mountain	Mon 02:19
Goondiwindi	Mon 02:19	Tamworth	Mon 03:19
Goonellabah	Mon 03:19	Tanunda	Mon 02:49
Gordon	Mon 03:19	Taree	Mon 03:19
Goulburn	Mon 03:19	Tennant Creek	Mon 01:49
Grafton	Mon 03:19	Thabeban	Mon 02:19
Grange	Mon 02:49	Thebarton	Mon 02:49
Greenmount	Mon 12:19	Thursday Island	Mon 02:19
Grenfell	Mon 03:19	Tieri	Mon 02:19
Griffith	Mon 03:19	Tin Can Bay	Mon 02:19
Gulgong	Mon 03:19	Tolga	Mon 02:19
Gundagai	Mon 03:19	Tom Price	Mon 12:19
Gundaroo	Mon 03:19	Toormina	Mon 03:19
Gunnedah	Mon 03:19	Toowoomba	Mon 02:19
Guyra	Mon 03:19	Townsville	Mon 02:19
Gympie	Mon 02:19	Traralgon	Mon 03:19
Hahndorf	Mon 02:49	Trigg	Mon 12:19
Hamilton	Mon 03:19	Tumby Bay	Mon 02:49
Happy Valley	Mon 02:49	Tumut	Mon 03:19
Harrington	Mon 03:19	Two Wells	Mon 02:49
Harvey	Mon 12:19	Ulladulla	Mon 03:19
Hay	Mon 03:19	Ulverstone	Mon 03:19
Hazelbrook	Mon 03:19	Urraween	Mon 02:19
Healesville	Mon 03:19	Vasse	Mon 12:19
Heathridge	Mon 12:19	Victor Harbor	Mon 02:49
Heddon Greta	Mon 03:19	Wagin	Mon 12:19
Heyfield	Mon 03:19	Waikerie	Mon 02:49
Hillston	Mon 03:19	Walkerston	Mon 02:19
Hobart	Mon 03:19	Wallaroo	Mon 02:49
Holbrook	Mon 03:19	Wangaratta	Mon 03:19
Holmesville	Mon 03:19	Waroona	Mon 12:19
Home Hill	Mon 02:19	Warragul	Mon 03:19
Hornsby	Mon 03:19	Warrnambool	Mon 03:19
Horsham	Mon 03:19	Warwick	Mon 02:19
Howlong	Mon 03:19	Weipa	Mon 02:19
Huonville	Mon 03:19	Wellington	Mon 03:19
Iluka	Mon 12:19	West Wyalong	Mon 03:19
Ingham	Mon 02:19	Westbrook	Mon 02:19
Innisfail	Mon 02:19	Westbury	Mon 03:19
Inverell	Mon 03:19	Westcourt	Mon 02:19
Jamestown	Mon 02:49	Whyalla	Mon 02:49
Jindabyne	Mon 03:19	Willaston	Mon 02:49
Jindera	Mon 03:19	Williamstown	Mon 02:49
Joondalup	Mon 12:19	Wodonga	Mon 03:19
Junee	Mon 03:19	Wondai	Mon 02:19
Jurien Bay	Mon 12:19	Woodridge	Mon 02:19
Kadina	Mon 02:49	Woodside	Mon 02:49
Kalbarri	Mon 12:19	Woolgoolga	Mon 03:19
Kalgoorlie-Boulder	Mon 12:19	Wundowie	Mon 12:19
Kandos	Mon 03:19	Wynyard	Mon 03:19
Kapunda	Mon 02:49	Yallourn	Mon 03:19
Karratha	Mon 12:19	Yarraman	Mon 02:19
Katanning	Mon 12:19	Yarrawonga	Mon 03:19
Katherine	Mon 01:49	Yass	Mon 03:19
Katoomba	Mon 03:19	Yeppoon	Mon 02:19
Keith	Mon 02:49	York	Mon 12:19
Kelso	Mon 03:19	Young	Mon 03:19