Australia Australia Australia/Oceania Current Local Time & Date, Time Zone and Time Difference

Australia is an island continent in the Pacific Ocean. The capital city, Canberra, is in the Australian Capital Territory in the south east of the country. Australia has only 3 time zones to cover the entire continent. Some states also observe Daylight Savings Time, complicating matters. Most time zones around the world are different from GMT in hourly blocks, but some Australian time zones also include half-hour differences, eg. GMT +10 ½ hrs.

How many time zones does Australia have?

Australia has 12 time zones and a time difference from UTC+8 to UTC+10:30.

12 Time Zones

Country Information

Flag

Australia Flag

Continent

Australia/Oceania

Continent: Australia/Oceania

Capital

Canberra

Area

7,686,850 km²

Population

24,992,369

Currency

Dollar (AUD)

Top-Level-Domain

.au

Phone Calling Code / Prefix

  • +61
  • 0061

Source: auslandsvorwahlen.net » Australia Phone Calling Code / Prefix

Country Code

ISO 3166