Australia · AEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Canberra, Australia runs on UTC+10. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+10 in winter, UTC+11 in summer. Next change: 4 Oct. There is a 14-hour difference between Canberra 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 9-hour difference between Canberra and London. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with London, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. There is a 1-hour difference between Canberra and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Canberra lines up with 09:00–17:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Canberra.
Practical Info
Canberra (Australia) is home to roughly 457K people. Today brings about 9.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:12, sunset at 17:00. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+10 in winter, UTC+11 in summer. Next change: 4 Oct. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 35° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
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Australia
Capital
Canberra 👑
Continent
Oceania
Time Zone
AEST · Australia/Sydney
Coordinates
35.28°S, 149.13°E
Currency
AUD ($)
Calling Code
+61
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Canberra exists because Sydney and Melbourne could not agree which should be the capital, so in 1908 a site roughly between them was chosen. The design was won in an international competition by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin in 1912.
The clock: Canberra keeps UTC+10 and observes daylight saving, unlike Brisbane 900 km north on the same base offset.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap