Current Time in Australia

Live Australian Eastern Time (AET) (UTC+10 / UTC+11 (AEDT)). Updates every second automatically.

Australian Eastern Time (AET) · UTC+10 / UTC+11 (AEDT)

17:56:13

It is 5:56 PM on Wednesday, October 28, 2026 in Australia (AEDT, UTC+11).

UTC offset now

UTC+11

AEDT

Daylight saving

In effect

next change Apr 4, 2027

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Major Cities in Australia

City	Time zone	Offset	Local time
Sydney	Australia/Sydney	AEDT UTC+11:00	17:56
Melbourne	Australia/Melbourne	AEDT UTC+11:00	17:56
Brisbane	Australia/Brisbane	AEST UTC+10:00	16:56
Perth	Australia/Perth	AWST UTC+08:00	14:56
Adelaide	Australia/Adelaide	ACDT UTC+10:30	17:26
Gold Coast	Australia/Brisbane	AEST UTC+10:00	16:56
Canberra	Australia/Sydney	AEDT UTC+11:00	17:56
Newcastle	Australia/Sydney	AEDT UTC+11:00	17:56
Hobart	Australia/Hobart	AEDT UTC+11:00	17:56
Darwin	Australia/Darwin	ACST UTC+09:30	16:26

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In Australia

Australia spans 3 main time zones: AEST (UTC+10), ACST (UTC+9:30) and AWST (UTC+8). Queensland, WA and NT do not observe daylight saving time.

ASX opens 10am AEST. Australia is a major exporter of minerals (iron ore, coal), agriculture and financial services. Sydney is the financial capital.

Differences are shown relative to Sydney and change when either place switches to or from daylight saving time.