Knowing the time in Australia only solves half the problem if the person you're calling, messaging or scheduling with lives somewhere else entirely. This page lines up major cities around the world against Australian Eastern Time, so you can see London, Los Angeles, Auckland or Singapore's current time without doing the conversion in your head.
It updates live, and it accounts for each city's own daylight saving rules alongside Australia's, which matters more than it sounds, because the two hemispheres run daylight saving on opposite schedules. When Australia's eastern states are on daylight saving through summer, Europe and North America are on standard time, and vice versa, so the gap between, say, Sydney and London isn't fixed all year.
Cities covered
- London, Paris and other major European cities
- New York, Los Angeles and other North American cities
- Auckland, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong
- Other Australian cities across all three domestic time zones
That opposite-phase daylight saving is the reason the Sydney-to-London gap moves between ten and eleven hours depending on the time of year, rather than staying put — both cities shift, but at different times, so the difference briefly widens or narrows around the changeover weeks in March, April, October and November.
For anyone juggling calls with overseas family, remote colleagues, or online sellers on a different continent, checking this page before assuming a fixed time difference avoids the classic mistake of turning up an hour early or late because the clocks didn't move the way you expected.
Common questions
Why does the time difference with London change during the year?
Because the UK and Australia run daylight saving at opposite times of year — the UK's clocks change in March and October, Australia's in October and April — so the gap between them shifts around those changeover weeks.
What's the time difference between Sydney and New York?
It varies between about 14 and 16 hours depending on the time of year, because the two cities move their clocks for daylight saving on different schedules.
Does the world clock account for daylight saving automatically?
Yes, each city's current offset reflects whether that location is currently observing daylight saving, updated automatically as the dates change.
Can I compare more than two cities at the same time?
Yes, the page lists multiple cities together against Australian Eastern Time, so you can check several at once rather than converting one pair at a time.
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