What is the time difference between New York and Sydney?
Sydney is 14 hours ahead of New York today. New York is on UTC−4, Sydney on UTC+10. The difference changes on Saturday, October 3, 2026.
New York to Sydney: time difference and best time to meet
Sydney is 14 hours ahead of New York right now.
When it is 9:00 AM in New York, it is 11:00 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 New York and Sydney do not overlap. Outside office hours, both are awake (7 AM–10 PM) 7:00 AM–8:00 AM in New York (9:00 PM–10:00 PM in Sydney), or 5:00 PM–10:00 PM in New York (7:00 AM–12:00 PM in Sydney).
New YorkSydney
12:00 AM2:00 PM
1:00 AM3:00 PM
2:00 AM4:00 PM
3:00 AM5:00 PM
4:00 AM6:00 PM
5:00 AM7:00 PM
6:00 AM8:00 PM
7:00 AM9:00 PM
8:00 AM10:00 PM
9:00 AM11:00 PM
10:00 AM12:00 AMnext day
11:00 AM1:00 AMnext day
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3:00 PM5:00 AMnext day
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5:00 PM7:00 AMnext day
6:00 PM8:00 AMnext day
7:00 PM9:00 AMnext day
8:00 PM10:00 AMnext day
9:00 PM11:00 AMnext day
10:00 PM12:00 PMnext day
11:00 PM1:00 PMnext day
both at work both awake
When the difference changes
New York and Sydney do not change their clocks on the same day, so the difference is not always 14 hours:
- from Saturday, October 3, 2026 it is 15 hours (was 14 hours)
- from Sunday, November 1, 2026 it is 16 hours (was 15 hours)
- from Sunday, March 14, 2027 it is 15 hours (was 16 hours)
- from Saturday, April 3, 2027 it is 14 hours (was 15 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 New York and Sydney?
Their 9-to-6 working days do not overlap. Outside office hours, both are awake 7:00 AM–8:00 AM in New York (9:00 PM–10:00 PM in Sydney), or 5:00 PM–10:00 PM in New York (7:00 AM–12:00 PM in Sydney).
When it is 9:00 AM in New York, what time is it in Sydney?
11:00 PM. And when it is 9:00 AM in Sydney, it is 7:00 PM in New York.
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