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

12 Time ZonesUTC+8 ... UTC+10:30

A beautiful, stylish variant of the world map - the dotted world map - in which Australia is highlighted by a large blue dot.
A beautiful, stylish variant of the world map - the dotted world map - in which Australia is highlighted by a large blue dot.

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

Major Cities in Australia

location_onSydney (New South Wales) 5,557,233 People
location_onMelbourne (Victoria) 5,350,705 People
location_onBrisbane (Queensland) 2,780,063 People
location_onPerth (Western Australia) 2,309,338 People
location_onAdelaide (South Australia) 1,469,163 People
location_onGold Coast (Queensland) 640,778 People
location_onNewcastle (New South Wales) 508,437 People
location_onCanberra (Australian Capital Territory) 367,752 People
location_onCentral Coast (New South Wales) 346,596 People
location_onSunshine Coast (Queensland) 346,522 People
location_onLogan City (Queensland) 345,098 People
location_onGeelong (Victoria) 282,809 People
location_onWollongong (New South Wales) 280,153 People
location_onHobart (Tasmania) 252,639 People
location_onTownsville (Queensland) 201,313 People
location_onCairns (Queensland) 153,075 People
location_onToowoomba (Queensland) 142,163 People
location_onDarwin (Northern Territory) 139,902 People
location_onMackay (Queensland) 121,691 People
location_onCity of Port Phillip (Victoria) 112,669 People
location_onBallarat (Victoria) 111,973 People
location_onBendigo (Victoria) 103,034 People
location_onCaloundra (Queensland) 96,305 People
location_onLaunceston (Tasmania) 90,953 People
location_onMandurah (Western Australia) 90,306 People
location_onMaitland (New South Wales) 89,597 People
location_onTuggeranong Administrative District (Australian Capital Territory) 89,461 People
location_onRockhampton (Queensland) 81,021 People
location_onCoffs Harbour (New South Wales) 78,759 People
location_onBlue Mountains (New South Wales) 78,121 People
location_onBunbury (Western Australia) 76,452 People
location_onBundaberg (Queensland) 73,747 People
location_onAdelaide Hills (South Australia) 72,260 People
location_onPoint Cook (Victoria) 66,781 People
location_onCraigieburn (Victoria) 65,178 People
location_onPittwater (New South Wales) 63,482 People
location_onMelbourne City Centre (Victoria) 60,057 People
location_onTarneit (Victoria) 56,370 People
location_onPakenham (Victoria) 54,118 People
location_onHervey Bay (Queensland) 52,230 People
location_onPort Macquarie (New South Wales) 51,965 People
location_onReservoir (Victoria) 51,096 People
location_onBerwick (Victoria) 50,298 People
location_onWerribee (Victoria) 50,027 People
location_onBlacktown (New South Wales) 46,942 People
location_onGladstone (Queensland) 45,185 People
location_onTamworth (New South Wales) 43,874 People
location_onDubbo (New South Wales) 43,516 People
location_onGlen Waverley (Victoria) 42,642 People
location_onOrange (New South Wales) 41,920 People
location_onCastle Hill (New South Wales) 39,284 People

Time Zones (12)

Australia on the world map

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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.

States in Australia