Local Time

Local time in some of the major Australian cities.

Australia has three time zones.

Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
Queensland, New South Wales (with the exception of the town of Broken Hill), Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory.

Australian Central Standard Time (ACST)
South Australia, Broken Hill in New South Wales and the Northern Territory.

Australian Western Standard Time (AWST)
Western Australia.

Parts of Australia use Daylight Saving Time, which involves putting clocks forward one hour at certain times of the year. Daylight Saving Time is observed in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria.

The states of Queensland, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia do not observe Daylight Saving Time.

Time now in:

Adelaide, South Australia

Brisbane, Queensland

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Darwin, Northern Territory

Melbourne, Victoria

Perth, Western Australia

Sydney, New South Wales

With thanks to Time & Date for the providing of the clocks.


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