Current time in Melbourne

The same time as Sydney, all year

Melbourne uses Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST, UTC+10) in winter and Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT, UTC+11) in summer. Victoria changes its clocks on the same nights as New South Wales, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, so Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Hobart always agree. Adelaide is half an hour behind throughout the year. Perth is two hours behind in winter and three in summer, and Brisbane is an hour behind in summer only.

Six months of summer time

Clocks go forward at 02:00 on the first Sunday of October and back at 03:00 on the first Sunday of April. Victoria has used daylight saving every summer since 1971, and the south-eastern states agreed on these common dates from 2008. With the extra hour, the sun sets in Melbourne at about 20:45 around Christmas, and twilight lasts past 21:00, which suits the city’s long evenings of cricket and outdoor dining.

Watching Melbourne from the other side of the world

Melbourne is 11 hours ahead of London in January and 9 hours ahead in July; with New York the gap is 16 hours and 14 hours. That shapes how the city’s sporting events are seen abroad. A night session at the Australian Open tennis, which starts at 19:00 in January, begins at 08:00 in London and at 03:00 in New York. Tokyo is only two hours behind Melbourne in the southern summer and one hour behind in winter.

Melbourne: time zone at a glance

Time zone

Australia/Melbourne

Standard time

UTC+10

Daylight saving time

UTC+11

Clock changes in 2026

Sunday, April 5, 2026: back 1 hour

Sunday, October 4, 2026: forward 1 hour

Clock changes in 2027

Sunday, April 4, 2027: back 1 hour

Sunday, October 3, 2027: forward 1 hour

Dates reflect the rules in force when this page was last updated. Governments can change them at short notice.

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