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	Thu 05:05	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Canberra, Newcastle, Logan City, Geelong, Hobart, Townsville
Australian Central Standard Time ACDT or UTC+10:30	Thu 04:35	Adelaide, Darwin, Adelaide Hills, Alice Springs, Palmerston, Mount Gambier, Prospect, Gawler, Whyalla, Murray Bridge
Australian Western Standard Time AWST or UTC+08:00	Thu 02:05	Perth, Mandurah, Albany, Kalgoorlie, 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 3, 2021 at 2:00 AM	The clocks were put forward an hour.
DST ends	Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 3:00 AM	The clocks will be put back an hour.
DST begins	Sunday, October 2, 2022 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

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
Wikipedia article: Australia

Current local time in Australia’s cities

City	Time	City	Time
Adelaide	Thu 04:35	Kempsey	Thu 05:05
Adelaide Hills	Thu 04:35	Kendenup	Thu 02:05
Albany	Thu 02:05	Kiama	Thu 05:05
Albury	Thu 05:05	Kingaroy	Thu 04:05
Aldgate	Thu 04:35	Kingscote	Thu 04:35
Alexandra	Thu 05:05	Kingston	Thu 04:35
Alexandria	Thu 05:05	Klemzig	Thu 04:35
Alice Springs	Thu 03:35	Kogarah	Thu 05:05
Allansford	Thu 05:05	Kootingal	Thu 05:05
Angaston	Thu 04:35	Kununurra	Thu 02:05
Anglesea	Thu 05:05	Kuranda	Thu 04:05
Apollo Bay	Thu 05:05	Kwinana	Thu 02:05
Ararat	Thu 05:05	Kyabram	Thu 05:05
Armidale	Thu 05:05	Kyogle	Thu 05:05
Athelstone	Thu 04:35	Lakes Entrance	Thu 05:05
Atherton	Thu 04:05	Larnook	Thu 05:05
Augusta	Thu 02:05	Latrobe	Thu 05:05
Austins Ferry	Thu 05:05	Launceston	Thu 05:05
Ayr	Thu 04:05	Laverton	Thu 05:05
Bacchus Marsh	Thu 05:05	Lawson	Thu 05:05
Bairnsdale	Thu 05:05	Leeton	Thu 05:05
Balaklava	Thu 04:35	Leura	Thu 05:05
Balhannah	Thu 04:35	Lewiston	Thu 04:35
Ballarat	Thu 05:05	Lightning Ridge	Thu 05:05
Ballina	Thu 05:05	Lismore	Thu 05:05
Balwyn North	Thu 05:05	Lithgow	Thu 05:05
Barmera	Thu 04:35	Little Hampton	Thu 04:35
Batemans Bay	Thu 05:05	Lobethal	Thu 04:35
Bathurst	Thu 05:05	Logan City	Thu 04:05
Beaumont	Thu 04:35	Longford	Thu 05:05
Bedford Park	Thu 04:35	Lower Chittering	Thu 02:05
Bedfordale	Thu 02:05	Lower Plenty	Thu 05:05
Bega	Thu 05:05	Lyndoch	Thu 04:35
Bellerive	Thu 05:05	Macclesfield	Thu 04:35
Bellingen	Thu 05:05	Mackay	Thu 04:05
Belmont	Thu 02:05	Macksville	Thu 05:05
Benalla	Thu 05:05	Maclean	Thu 05:05
Bendigo	Thu 05:05	Maitland	Thu 05:05
Bentley	Thu 02:05	Mandurah	Thu 02:05
Beresfield	Thu 05:05	Mango Hill	Thu 04:05
Bermagui	Thu 05:05	Manilla	Thu 05:05
Berri	Thu 04:35	Manjimup	Thu 02:05
Berridale	Thu 05:05	Mannum	Thu 04:35
Berrigan	Thu 05:05	Mansfield	Thu 05:05
Berry	Thu 05:05	Mareeba	Thu 04:05
Beverley	Thu 02:05	Margaret River	Thu 02:05
Biloela	Thu 04:05	Margate	Thu 05:05
Blackwater	Thu 04:05	Marion	Thu 04:35
Blair Athol	Thu 04:35	Maryborough	Thu 04:05
Blair Athol	Thu 05:05	Maryborough	Thu 05:05
Blaxland	Thu 05:05	Maylands	Thu 02:05
Blayney	Thu 05:05	Meadows	Thu 04:35
Boambee	Thu 05:05	Melbourne	Thu 05:05
Bomaderry	Thu 05:05	Melville	Thu 02:05
Bonville	Thu 05:05	Meningie	Thu 04:35
Boorowa	Thu 05:05	Merimbula	Thu 05:05
Bordertown	Thu 04:35	Merredin	Thu 02:05
Boulder	Thu 02:05	Merriwa	Thu 05:05
Bourke	Thu 05:05	Mildura	Thu 05:05
Bowen	Thu 04:05	Millicent	Thu 04:35
Bowenfels	Thu 05:05	Milton	Thu 05:05
Bowral	Thu 05:05	Mindarie	Thu 02:05
Bowraville	Thu 05:05	Mitcham	Thu 04:35
Braidwood	Thu 05:05	Mittagong	Thu 05:05
Bridgetown	Thu 02:05	Moama	Thu 05:05
Bridgewater	Thu 04:35	Moe	Thu 05:05
Bridport	Thu 05:05	Molong	Thu 05:05
Brighton	Thu 04:35	Moonee Beach	Thu 05:05
Brisbane	Thu 04:05	Moora	Thu 02:05
Broken Hill	Thu 04:35	Moranbah	Thu 04:05
Broome	Thu 02:05	Moree	Thu 05:05
Brunswick Heads	Thu 05:05	Moruya	Thu 05:05
Bulahdelah	Thu 05:05	Morwell	Thu 05:05
Bundaberg	Thu 04:05	Mosman Park	Thu 02:05
Bundanoon	Thu 05:05	Moss Vale	Thu 05:05
Bungendore	Thu 05:05	Mount Barker	Thu 04:35
Burnie	Thu 05:05	Mount Barker	Thu 02:05
Burwood	Thu 05:05	Mount Gambier	Thu 04:35
Busselton	Thu 02:05	Mount Isa	Thu 04:05
Buxton	Thu 05:05	Mudgee	Thu 05:05
Byron Bay	Thu 05:05	Mullaloo	Thu 02:05
Cairns	Thu 04:05	Mulwala	Thu 05:05
Caloundra	Thu 04:05	Murray Bridge	Thu 04:35
Camden Haven	Thu 05:05	Murrumbateman	Thu 05:05
Campbelltown	Thu 05:05	Muswellbrook	Thu 05:05
Campbelltown	Thu 04:35	Nabiac	Thu 05:05
Canberra	Thu 05:05	Nairne	Thu 04:35
Canowindra	Thu 05:05	Nambucca	Thu 05:05
Capel	Thu 02:05	Nambucca Heads	Thu 05:05
Carnarvon	Thu 02:05	Naracoorte	Thu 04:35
Casino	Thu 05:05	Narangba	Thu 04:05
Castlemaine	Thu 05:05	Narooma	Thu 05:05
Caulfield	Thu 05:05	Narrabri	Thu 05:05
Caulfield North	Thu 05:05	Narrandera	Thu 05:05
Caulfield South	Thu 05:05	Narrogin	Thu 02:05
Ceduna	Thu 04:35	Narromine	Thu 05:05
Cessnock	Thu 05:05	New Lambton	Thu 05:05
Charters Towers	Thu 04:05	New Norfolk	Thu 05:05
Cheltenham	Thu 04:35	Newcastle	Thu 05:05
Childers	Thu 04:05	Newman	Thu 02:05
Chinchilla	Thu 04:05	Newport	Thu 05:05
City of Parramatta	Thu 05:05	Nhulunbuy	Thu 03:35
Clare	Thu 04:35	Nickol	Thu 02:05
Claremont	Thu 02:05	Nimbin	Thu 05:05
Clarence Town	Thu 05:05	Noosa Heads	Thu 04:05
Clarkson	Thu 02:05	North Haven	Thu 05:05
Clifton Springs	Thu 05:05	North Melbourne	Thu 05:05
Cloncurry	Thu 04:05	North Shore	Thu 05:05
Cobar	Thu 05:05	North Wonthaggi	Thu 05:05
Coffs Harbour	Thu 05:05	Northam	Thu 02:05
Colac	Thu 05:05	Nowra	Thu 05:05
Collie	Thu 02:05	Nuriootpa	Thu 04:35
Colo Vale	Thu 05:05	Nyngan	Thu 05:05
Condobolin	Thu 05:05	Oakdale	Thu 05:05
Coober Pedy	Thu 04:35	Oakey	Thu 04:05
Cooktown	Thu 04:05	Oatley	Thu 05:05
Coolamon	Thu 05:05	Oberon	Thu 05:05
Cooma	Thu 05:05	Old Bar	Thu 05:05
Coonabarabran	Thu 05:05	Orange	Thu 05:05
Coonamble	Thu 05:05	Ouyen	Thu 05:05
Cootamundra	Thu 05:05	Palmerston	Thu 03:35
Coraki	Thu 05:05	Paraburdoo	Thu 02:05
Corowa	Thu 05:05	Paramatta	Thu 05:05
Cottesloe	Thu 02:05	Parkes	Thu 05:05
Coutts Crossing	Thu 05:05	Pearce	Thu 02:05
Cowes	Thu 05:05	Penguin	Thu 05:05
Cowra	Thu 05:05	Penola	Thu 04:35
Crafers	Thu 04:35	Perth	Thu 05:05
Craigburn Farm	Thu 04:35	Perth	Thu 02:05
Cranbourne	Thu 05:05	Peterborough	Thu 04:35
Crescent Head	Thu 05:05	Phillip	Thu 05:05
Crookwell	Thu 05:05	Phillip Island	Thu 05:05
Croydon	Thu 05:05	Picton	Thu 05:05
Crystal Brook	Thu 04:35	Pinjarra	Thu 02:05
Cundletown	Thu 05:05	Port Augusta	Thu 04:35
Dalby	Thu 04:05	Port Augusta West	Thu 04:35
Dampier	Thu 02:05	Port Douglas	Thu 04:05
Dareton	Thu 05:05	Port Elliot	Thu 04:35
Darlington	Thu 02:05	Port Fairy	Thu 05:05
Darlington Point	Thu 05:05	Port Hedland	Thu 02:05
Darwin	Thu 03:35	Port Lincoln	Thu 04:35
Deloraine	Thu 05:05	Port Macquarie	Thu 05:05
Deniliquin	Thu 05:05	Port Pirie	Thu 04:35
Denman	Thu 05:05	Port Sorell	Thu 05:05
Denmark	Thu 02:05	Port Stephens	Thu 05:05
Derby	Thu 02:05	Portland	Thu 05:05
Devonport	Thu 05:05	Portland	Thu 05:05
Dongara	Thu 02:05	Proserpine	Thu 04:05
Donnybrook	Thu 02:05	Prospect	Thu 04:35
Dorrigo	Thu 05:05	Pymble	Thu 05:05
Douglas Park	Thu 05:05	Queanbeyan	Thu 05:05
Dubbo	Thu 05:05	Queenscliff	Thu 05:05
Dunedoo	Thu 05:05	Queenstown	Thu 05:05
Dungog	Thu 05:05	Quinns Rocks	Thu 02:05
Dunsborough	Thu 02:05	Quirindi	Thu 05:05
Earlwood	Thu 05:05	Rainbow Beach	Thu 04:05
East Ballina	Thu 05:05	Ravenshoe	Thu 04:05
East Fremantle	Thu 02:05	Raymond Terrace	Thu 05:05
East Lismore	Thu 05:05	Red Hill	Thu 04:05
Echuca	Thu 05:05	Redlynch	Thu 04:05
Eden	Thu 05:05	Renmark	Thu 04:35
Eglinton	Thu 05:05	Renmark West	Thu 04:35
Elizabeth	Thu 04:35	Revesby	Thu 05:05
Emerald	Thu 04:05	Reynella	Thu 04:35
Encounter Bay	Thu 04:35	Richmond	Thu 05:05
Epping	Thu 05:05	Rockhampton	Thu 04:05
Esperance	Thu 02:05	Roebourne	Thu 02:05
Ettalong	Thu 05:05	Roma	Thu 04:05
Eulomogo	Thu 05:05	Roselands	Thu 05:05
Evans Head	Thu 05:05	Roxby Downs	Thu 04:35
Fawkner	Thu 05:05	Sale	Thu 05:05
Finley	Thu 05:05	Salisbury	Thu 04:35
Forbes	Thu 05:05	Sandford	Thu 05:05
Forestville	Thu 05:05	Sarina	Thu 04:05
Forster	Thu 05:05	Sawtell	Thu 05:05
Frankston East	Thu 05:05	Scarness	Thu 04:05
Freeling	Thu 04:35	Scottsdale	Thu 05:05
Galston	Thu 05:05	Seacliff	Thu 04:35
Garfield	Thu 05:05	Shellharbour Village	Thu 05:05
Gatton	Thu 04:05	Shepparton	Thu 05:05
Gawler	Thu 04:35	Singleton	Thu 05:05
Gayndah	Thu 04:05	Smithton	Thu 05:05
Geelong	Thu 05:05	South Grafton	Thu 05:05
Geeveston	Thu 05:05	St Albans	Thu 05:05
George Town	Thu 05:05	St Helens	Thu 05:05
Geraldton	Thu 02:05	St Leonards	Thu 05:05
Gilgandra	Thu 05:05	Stanthorpe	Thu 04:05
Gladstone	Thu 04:05	Stawell	Thu 05:05
Glen Innes	Thu 05:05	Stirling	Thu 04:35
Glen Iris	Thu 05:05	Stoneville	Thu 02:05
Glenbrook	Thu 05:05	Strathalbyn	Thu 04:35
Gloucester	Thu 05:05	Swan Hill	Thu 05:05
Gol Gol	Thu 05:05	Sydney	Thu 05:05
Gold Coast	Thu 04:05	Tailem Bend	Thu 04:35
Goondiwindi	Thu 04:05	Tamborine Mountain	Thu 04:05
Goonellabah	Thu 05:05	Tamworth	Thu 05:05
Gordon	Thu 05:05	Tanunda	Thu 04:35
Goulburn	Thu 05:05	Taree	Thu 05:05
Grafton	Thu 05:05	Tennant Creek	Thu 03:35
Grange	Thu 04:35	Thabeban	Thu 04:05
Greenmount	Thu 02:05	Thebarton	Thu 04:35
Grenfell	Thu 05:05	Thursday Island	Thu 04:05
Griffith	Thu 05:05	Tieri	Thu 04:05
Gulgong	Thu 05:05	Tin Can Bay	Thu 04:05
Gundagai	Thu 05:05	Tolga	Thu 04:05
Gundaroo	Thu 05:05	Tom Price	Thu 02:05
Gunnedah	Thu 05:05	Toormina	Thu 05:05
Guyra	Thu 05:05	Toowoomba	Thu 04:05
Gympie	Thu 04:05	Townsville	Thu 04:05
Hahndorf	Thu 04:35	Traralgon	Thu 05:05
Hamilton	Thu 05:05	Trigg	Thu 02:05
Happy Valley	Thu 04:35	Tumby Bay	Thu 04:35
Harrington	Thu 05:05	Tumut	Thu 05:05
Harvey	Thu 02:05	Two Wells	Thu 04:35
Hay	Thu 05:05	Ulladulla	Thu 05:05
Hazelbrook	Thu 05:05	Ulverstone	Thu 05:05
Healesville	Thu 05:05	Urraween	Thu 04:05
Heathridge	Thu 02:05	Vasse	Thu 02:05
Heddon Greta	Thu 05:05	Victor Harbor	Thu 04:35
Heyfield	Thu 05:05	Wagin	Thu 02:05
Hillston	Thu 05:05	Waikerie	Thu 04:35
Hobart	Thu 05:05	Walkerston	Thu 04:05
Holbrook	Thu 05:05	Wallaroo	Thu 04:35
Holmesville	Thu 05:05	Wangaratta	Thu 05:05
Home Hill	Thu 04:05	Waroona	Thu 02:05
Hornsby	Thu 05:05	Warragul	Thu 05:05
Horsham	Thu 05:05	Warrnambool	Thu 05:05
Howlong	Thu 05:05	Warwick	Thu 04:05
Huonville	Thu 05:05	Weipa	Thu 04:05
Iluka	Thu 02:05	Wellington	Thu 05:05
Ingham	Thu 04:05	West Wyalong	Thu 05:05
Innisfail	Thu 04:05	Westbrook	Thu 04:05
Inverell	Thu 05:05	Westbury	Thu 05:05
Jamestown	Thu 04:35	Westcourt	Thu 04:05
Jindabyne	Thu 05:05	Whyalla	Thu 04:35
Jindera	Thu 05:05	Willaston	Thu 04:35
Joondalup	Thu 02:05	Williamstown	Thu 04:35
Junee	Thu 05:05	Wodonga	Thu 05:05
Jurien Bay	Thu 02:05	Wondai	Thu 04:05
Kadina	Thu 04:35	Woodridge	Thu 04:05
Kalbarri	Thu 02:05	Woodside	Thu 04:35
Kalgoorlie	Thu 02:05	Woolgoolga	Thu 05:05
Kandos	Thu 05:05	Wundowie	Thu 02:05
Kapunda	Thu 04:35	Wynyard	Thu 05:05
Karratha	Thu 02:05	Yarraman	Thu 04:05
Katanning	Thu 02:05	Yarrawonga	Thu 05:05
Katherine	Thu 03:35	Yass	Thu 05:05
Katoomba	Thu 05:05	Yeppoon	Thu 04:05
Keith	Thu 04:35	York	Thu 02:05
Kelso	Thu 05:05	Young	Thu 05:05