Time in Australia/Melbourne

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06:36:06

Friday, July 03, 2026

IANA Name: Australia/Melbourne

Standard Offset: UTC +10:00

Daylight Saving: Yes

DST Offset: UTC +11:00

DST Abbreviation: AEDT

Currently Observing DST: No

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FAQ — Australia/Melbourne

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The current local time in Australia/Melbourne is 06:36:06. Australia/Melbourne is currently UTC+10:00. Compare with all major time zones.

Australia/Melbourne is an IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) time zone identifier. IANA names use a Region/City format (e.g. Europe/London, America/New_York) and are the global standard used by Unix, Linux, macOS, Java, Python, and most modern software. Browse the full list of IANA time zones.

Yes — Australia/Melbourne observes DST. In standard time it is AEST UTC+10:00; during DST it switches to AEDT UTC+11:00. Exact transition dates follow the local government's DST rules and are baked into the IANA tz database.

Major cities in Australia/Melbourne include Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Melbourne. Each city's local time, sunrise/sunset and weather are on its individual page.

Australia/Melbourne is used (in whole or in part) by Australia. See the time zone map for a geographic view of all zones.

Use the time zone converter to translate between Australia/Melbourne and any other zone. The converter handles DST transitions automatically and accepts either IANA names or city names as inputs.

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