Time in Melbourne
Australia · Australia/Melbourne · latitude -37.81°
Reading your clock…
Melbourne changes its clocks twice a year
Standard time is UTC+10:00 and daylight saving time is UTC+11:00. The shift is 1 hour, and it is the reason the distance between Melbourne and anywhere else is not a single number.
| Date | Local time | Change | New offset |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 4 October 2026 | 02:00 → 03:00 | Forward 60 min | UTC+11:00 |
| Sunday, 4 April 2027 | 03:00 → 02:00 | Back 60 min | UTC+10:00 |
| Sunday, 3 October 2027 | 02:00 → 03:00 | Forward 60 min | UTC+11:00 |
Time difference from Melbourne
Where a range is shown, the gap genuinely changes during the year. That is not rounding or hedging — it is two governments moving their clocks on different weekends.
| City | Difference now | Across the year |
|---|---|---|
| London | 9 hours behind | −11h / −10h / −9h |
| New York | 14 hours behind | −16h / −15h / −14h |
| Los Angeles | 17 hours behind | −19h / −18h / −17h |
| Chicago | 15 hours behind | −17h / −16h / −15h |
| Toronto | 14 hours behind | −16h / −15h / −14h |
| Paris | 8 hours behind | −10h / −9h / −8h |
| Berlin | 8 hours behind | −10h / −9h / −8h |
| Dubai | 6 hours behind | −7h / −6h |
| Mumbai | 4 hours 30 minutes behind | −5h30 / −4h30 |
| Singapore | 2 hours behind | −3h / −2h |
| Hong Kong | 2 hours behind | −3h / −2h |
| Tokyo | 1 hour behind | −2h / −1h |
| Sydney | the same time | constant |
| Auckland | 2 hours ahead | +2h / +3h |
| São Paulo | 13 hours behind | −14h / −13h |
| UTC | 10 hours behind | −11h / −10h |
Daylight in Melbourne through the year
From about 9.5 hours in June to 14.8 hours in December. This is the part a plain clock leaves out: 17:00 is a bright evening in one month and long dark in another.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 05:00 | 19:22 | 14h 22m |
| February | 05:36 | 18:53 | 13h 17m |
| March | 06:04 | 18:12 | 12h 8m |
| April | 06:31 | 17:27 | 10h 56m |
| May | 06:58 | 16:56 | 9h 58m |
| June | 07:16 | 16:48 | 9h 32m |
| July | 07:10 | 17:04 | 9h 54m |
| August | 06:39 | 17:29 | 10h 50m |
| September | 05:53 | 17:55 | 12h 2m |
| October | 05:08 | 18:22 | 13h 14m |
| November | 04:37 | 18:56 | 14h 19m |
| December | 04:35 | 19:22 | 14h 47m |
Daylight length is accurate. The clock times of sunrise and sunset assume each city sits at the centre of its time zone, which can put them up to about an hour and a quarter out for places near a zone's edge — Madrid being the standard example. Day length is unaffected.
Questions
About time in Melbourne
What time zone is Melbourne in?
Melbourne uses the IANA time zone Australia/Melbourne, which is UTC+10:00 in standard time and UTC+11:00 while daylight saving is in force.
Does Melbourne observe daylight saving time?
Yes. Clocks in Melbourne move by 1 hour, and the next change is on Sunday, 4 October 2026.
Why does the time difference to Melbourne keep changing?
Because the two places do not change their clocks on the same weekend, and in opposite hemispheres they change in opposite directions. London is a clear example: it sits 11 hours behind, then 10 hours behind, then 9 hours behind across the year rather than one fixed distance.
How much daylight does Melbourne get?
Around 14.8 hours at the longest, in December, and about 9.5 hours at the shortest, in June. The table on this page lists sunrise and sunset through the year. Times are calculated from Melbourne's latitude of -37.81° and are approximate to within about an hour for cities that sit well away from the centre of their time zone.