Australia · ACST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Alice Springs, Australia runs on UTC+9:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+9:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 13.5-hour difference between Alice Springs and New York. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. There is a 8.5-hour difference between Alice Springs and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 0.5 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 17:30–18:00 in Alice Springs lines up with 09:00–09:30 in London. There is a 0.5-hour difference between Alice Springs and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8.5 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:30–18:00 in Alice Springs lines up with 09:00–17:30 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Adelaide, Darwin. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Alice Springs.
Practical Info
Alice Springs (Australia) is home to roughly 26K people. Today brings about 10.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:18, sunset at 18:00. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+9:30 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 24° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Australia
Capital
Canberra
Continent
Oceania
Time Zone
ACST · Australia/Darwin
Coordinates
23.70°S, 133.88°E
Currency
AUD ($)
Calling Code
+61
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Henley-on-Todd Regatta is raced on the dry bed of the Todd river, with bottomless boats carried by their crews. It has been cancelled once, in 1993, when there was water in the river.
The clock: Alice Springs keeps UTC+9:30 with the Northern Territory — one of the few half-hour offsets in the developed world — and does not observe daylight saving.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2.5h overlap