Current Time in Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
Lat/Long: 33.87° S, 151.21° E
State: New South Wales
Country: 🇦🇺 Australia
IANA Timezone: Australia/Sydney
Timezone: AEST
Daylight Saving Time: No ❌
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in Australia: ACST, AEST, AWST, JST
Daylight Saving Timezone Abbreviations used in Australia: ACDT, AEDT
Time now in other cities in Australia:
Weather forecast for Sydney provided by Weather.now
Sunrise & Sunset Times for Sydney
Sunrise
in Sydney
↑
7:01 AM
Sunset
in Sydney
↓
4:57 PM
Day Length
9h 55m
Dawn
in Sydney
6:33 AM
Dusk
in Sydney
5:25 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Sydney
Current Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
96.0%
Next Moonrise
↑
Today, 18:55
Next Moonset
↓
Tomorrow, 09:07
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FAQ — Time in Sydney
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 12:20:56 in Sydney, Australia. The clock at the top of this page updates live, second by second, synchronized with our server time. You can also check sunrise and sunset times for the same city.
Sydney uses Australia/Sydney (AEST) — UTC+10:00. The IANA time zone identifier is Australia/Sydney, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
Yes, Sydney observes Daylight Saving Time. Clocks move forward by one hour in spring and back by one hour in autumn. During DST, the local abbreviation becomes AEDT (UTC+11:00). Check the Australia public holiday calendar for the exact transition dates each year.
Sydney is currently +10:00 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is the global time standard from which all other time zones are offset. To see the matching Unix timestamp or run add/subtract calculations against Sydney's local time, use our time calculator.
In Australia, daylight saving time changes typically happen twice a year. Clocks shift forward by one hour in spring (entering daylight saving time) and shift back by one hour in autumn (returning to standard time). Exact dates vary; see the Australia calendar for this year's transition.