Current Time in Australia

Current Time in Australia Right Now
It can be tricky to work out international time
zones and time difference in Australia from the
other side of the earth.

On this page you find information about time in different parts of Australia, time zones in Australia and Australian daylight savings. If you are after the time in Australia now, SCROLL DOWN TO THE END OF THE PAGE TO SEE THE CURRENT LOCAL TIME in Melbourne, time in Perth, and the local current time of all Australian states.

By Christopher_Neugebauer

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By RaeA

World Time Zones: Australia
There are three time zones in Australia so you have to adjust your clock when you cross the continent from the eastern states to Northern Territory/South Australia, and Western Australia. Internationally, the Australia time zone is the Eastern Standard Time (EST), which is the time in Sydney and Melbourne. EST is nine hours ahead the time in central Europe, and ten hours ahead the Greenwich time in London, England. America is miles behind – when we wake up in Australia, (Western) Americans are still eating lunch of the previous day. That means – if you fly to Australia across the Pacific (and the date line), you loose a day. But don’t worry - you will get it back when you cross the date line from west to east again!

By dawvon

Daylight Savings Time in Australia
The time difference is further complicated by daylight savings, and by the fact that in Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia, there is no daylight savings at all. Queenslanders said their climate is warm enough throughout the year, and their cows get confused when they’re milked an hour earlier, so let’s skip the daylight savings all together. And I think it was a very good idea.

By The.Rohit

CURRENT TIME IN AUSTRALIA RIGHT NOW
To make it as easy as possible, here you have the current local time ticking in different states of Australia:

Sydney and New South Wales