| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −8:30 | Becomes −9:30 on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −7:30 | Becomes −8:30 on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −5:30 | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | −0:30 | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +0:30 | Becomes +1:30 on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −13:30 | Becomes −14:30 on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −16:30 | Becomes −17:30 on 1 Nov |
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. The time difference between Alice Springs and New York is 13 hours and 30 minutes. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. The time difference between Alice Springs and London is 8 hours and 30 minutes. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 30 minutes 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. The time difference between Alice Springs and Tokyo is 30 minutes. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours and 30 minutes 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 Darwin. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Alice Springs.
Alice Springs (Australia) is home to roughly 26K people. Today brings about 12.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:15, sunset at 18:33. 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
UTC+9:30 · 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 for water only once, in 1993, when the river was actually running.
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.
Alice Springs lies at 133.9°E. Its time zone, UTC+9:30, is built around the 142.5°E meridian. The 8.6° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 34 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:34 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+9:30 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 13h 36m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 10h 40m. The swing between them is 2h 56m. At this latitude the seasons are visible in the clock, but never dramatic.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Alice Springs the sun comes up earliest on 30 November at 05:40, while the latest sunset waits until 14 January at 19:26. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Alice Springs that civil twilight runs about 23 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Alice Springs, Australia is Australia/Darwin with a current UTC offset of UTC+9:30.
Alice Springs has an estimated population of 26K and is located at coordinates 23.70°S, 133.88°E.
Alice Springs gets 13h 36m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 40m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Alice Springs falls at about 12:34 on UTC+9:30 standard time, because the city sits 8.6° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Regatta on a Dry River: 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 for water only once, in 1993, when the river was actually running.