| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −9h | Becomes −10h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −8h | Becomes −9h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −6h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | −1h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | ±0h | Becomes +1h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −14h | Becomes −15h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −17h | Becomes −18h on 1 Nov |
Gold Coast, Australia runs on UTC+10. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+10 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Gold Coast and New York is 14 hours. 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 Gold Coast and London is 9 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with London, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. The time difference between Gold Coast and Tokyo is 1 hour. 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 Gold Coast lines up with 09:00–17:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Brisbane, Cairns, Port Moresby. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Gold Coast.
Gold Coast (Australia) is home to roughly 640K people. Today brings about 12.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:26, sunset at 17:46. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+10 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 28° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Australia
Capital
Canberra
Continent
Oceania
Time Zone
UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
Coordinates
28.02°S, 153.40°E
Currency
AUD ($)
Calling Code
+61
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Gold Coast runs about 57 kilometres of coastline with over 70 km of beach if you count the inlets, and its Surfers Paradise skyline holds some of the tallest residential towers in the southern hemisphere.
The clock: the Gold Coast keeps UTC+10 year-round with Queensland, so for half the year its clocks differ from Tweed Heads, the town immediately across the state border.
Gold Coast lies at 153.4°E. Its time zone, UTC+10, is built around the 150°E meridian. The 3.4° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 14 minutes behind the sun: solar noon arrives at about 11:46 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+10 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 13h 55m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 10h 22m. The swing between them is 3h 33m. 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 Gold Coast the sun comes up earliest on 3 December at 04:43, while the latest sunset waits until 11 January at 18:47. 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 Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast, Australia is Australia/Brisbane with a current UTC offset of UTC+10.
Gold Coast has an estimated population of 640K and is located at coordinates 28.02°S, 153.40°E.
Gold Coast gets 13h 55m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 22m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Gold Coast falls at about 11:46 on UTC+10 standard time, because the city sits 3.4° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Seventy Kilometres of Beach: The Gold Coast runs about 57 kilometres of coastline with over 70 km of beach if you count the inlets, and its Surfers Paradise skyline holds some of the tallest residential towers in the southern hemisphere.