What is the time difference between London and Sydney?
Sydney is 9 hours ahead of London today. London is on UTC+1, Sydney on UTC+10. The difference changes on Saturday, October 3, 2026.
London to Sydney: time difference and best time to meet
Sydney is 9 hours ahead of London right now.
When it is 9:00 AM in London, it is 6:00 PM in Sydney. The green band on each scale is the working day, 9 AM to 6 PM. Drag a scale until both bands sit on the red line.
Hours that work for both
The working days of London and Sydney do not overlap. Outside office hours, both are awake (7 AM–10 PM) 7:00 AM–1:00 PM in London (4:00 PM–10:00 PM in Sydney).
LondonSydney
12:00 AM9:00 AM
1:00 AM10:00 AM
2:00 AM11:00 AM
3:00 AM12:00 PM
4:00 AM1:00 PM
5:00 AM2:00 PM
6:00 AM3:00 PM
7:00 AM4:00 PM
8:00 AM5:00 PM
9:00 AM6:00 PM
10:00 AM7:00 PM
11:00 AM8:00 PM
12:00 PM9:00 PM
1:00 PM10:00 PM
2:00 PM11:00 PM
3:00 PM12:00 AMnext day
4:00 PM1:00 AMnext day
5:00 PM2:00 AMnext day
6:00 PM3:00 AMnext day
7:00 PM4:00 AMnext day
8:00 PM5:00 AMnext day
9:00 PM6:00 AMnext day
10:00 PM7:00 AMnext day
11:00 PM8:00 AMnext day
both at work both awake
When the difference changes
London and Sydney do not change their clocks on the same day, so the difference is not always 9 hours:
- from Saturday, October 3, 2026 it is 10 hours (was 9 hours)
- from Sunday, October 25, 2026 it is 11 hours (was 10 hours)
- from Sunday, March 28, 2027 it is 10 hours (was 11 hours)
- from Saturday, April 3, 2027 it is 9 hours (was 10 hours)
The scales above already follow these dates: drag to any day in the next two weeks and the difference shown is the one for that day.
Questions
What is the best time for a call between London and Sydney?
Their 9-to-6 working days do not overlap. Outside office hours, both are awake 7:00 AM–1:00 PM in London (4:00 PM–10:00 PM in Sydney).
When it is 9:00 AM in London, what time is it in Sydney?
6:00 PM. And when it is 9:00 AM in Sydney, it is 12:00 AM in London.
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