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Current time in Canberra, Australia

Friday, 25 September 2026

Australian Eastern Standard TimeUTC+10:00

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Canberra time at a glance

Country
Australia
Location
Capital city of Australia
Time zone
Australia/Sydney
UTC offset now
UTC+10:00
Current zone label
GMT+10
Next clock change
4 October 2026 at 03:00 GMT+11

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Canberra time guide

When does Canberra change its clocks?

Canberra uses UTC+10:00 in standard time and UTC+11:00 during daylight saving, with summer occurring late and early in the calendar year. The current calculated offset is UTC+10:00.
Standard time
Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST), UTC+10:00
Daylight time
Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT), UTC+11:00
Canberra and London
Usually 9 to 11 hours ahead, depending on each city’s clock-change dates
Time-zone identifier
Australia/Sydney

Capital-city geography

Greater Canberra is a statistical boundary

The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated Greater Canberra at 484,630 residents on 30 June 2025. Its capital-city figures use the Greater Capital City Statistical Area, so they are not interchangeable with every ACT or urban-core measure.

Time-zone identity for Canberra

IANA zone
Australia/Sydney
UTC offset now
UTC+10:00
Current zone label
GMT+10
Clock-change status
An offset change was found in the next 370 days.

Canberra is currently 10 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Next clock change in Canberra

UTC+11:00UTC+11:00

This change comes from the IANA Time Zone Database. It is described as an offset change unless its daylight-saving purpose can be verified.

Time-zone history

UTC offset changes for Canberra

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Australia/Sydney, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.

Previous 5 years

  1. UTC+10:00 UTC+10:00UTC offset decreased by
  2. UTC+11:00 UTC+11:00UTC offset decreased by
  3. UTC+10:00 UTC+10:00UTC offset decreased by
  4. UTC+11:00 UTC+11:00UTC offset decreased by
  5. UTC+10:00 UTC+10:00UTC offset decreased by
  6. UTC+11:00 UTC+11:00UTC offset decreased by
  7. UTC+10:00 UTC+10:00UTC offset decreased by
  8. UTC+11:00 UTC+11:00UTC offset decreased by
  9. UTC+10:00 UTC+10:00UTC offset decreased by
  10. UTC+11:00 UTC+11:00UTC offset decreased by

Next 5 years

  1. UTC+11:00 UTC+11:00UTC offset decreased by
  2. UTC+10:00 UTC+10:00UTC offset decreased by
  3. UTC+11:00 UTC+11:00UTC offset decreased by
  4. UTC+10:00 UTC+10:00UTC offset decreased by
  5. UTC+11:00 UTC+11:00UTC offset decreased by
  6. UTC+10:00 UTC+10:00UTC offset decreased by
  7. UTC+11:00 UTC+11:00UTC offset decreased by
  8. UTC+10:00 UTC+10:00UTC offset decreased by
  9. UTC+11:00 UTC+11:00UTC offset decreased by
  10. UTC+10:00 UTC+10:00UTC offset decreased by

Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.

Capital city context

About Canberra, capital of Australia

Canberra is the capital of Australia. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.

Capital status
Capital of Australia
Administrative area
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Population
367,752
Coordinates
35.2835° S, 149.1281° E. The elevation is 571 metres.

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Cities near Canberra

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Sources for Canberra time and city facts

Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.

View 4 sources
  • GeoNames cities15000
    GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · Accessed
    City and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
  • IANA Time Zone Database
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · Accessed
    Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
  • Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
    Unicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · Accessed
    English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
  • Regional population, 2024–25
    Australian Bureau of Statistics · Estimated resident population at 2025-06-30 · Accessed
    Official Greater Canberra population and statistical-boundary definition.
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