Current time in Melbourne, Australia

Clocks shift twice a year — UTC+10:00 in winter, UTC+11:00 in summer.

Current time in Melbourne, Australia
00:35 34
Saturday, May 9, 2026 AEST UTC+10:00 Standard time
UTC Offset
UTC+10:00
IANA time zone
Australia/Melbourne
Daylight saving
Standard time
AEST / AEDT
Next DST change
October 4
forward +1h
Quick answer

The current local time in Melbourne, Australia is ⁦00:35⁩ (⁦AEST⁩), which is ⁦UTC+10:00⁩.

Melbourne is in Australia, located at -37.814, 144.963.

The current time zone for Melbourne is AEST, whose offset is UTC+10:00 from UTC. The IANA identifier is Australia/Melbourne.

The next daylight saving transition is October 4, 2026, when clocks move forward by 1 hour.

Timezone in Melbourne

Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)

IANA time zone: Australia/Melbourne
Currently active
AEST
Australian Eastern Standard Time
UTC+10:00
During summer
AEDT
Australian Eastern Daylight Time
UTC+11:00

Daylight in Melbourne today

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Sunrise
Sunset
Day length
10h 18m

Melbourne, Australia

Country
Australia
ISO code
AU
Coordinates
37.8140° S, 144.9633° E
IANA zone
Australia/Melbourne
Population
5,350,705
Local time00:35

Melbourne on the map · time zone

Melbourne, Australia

  • Local time00:35
  • UTC offsetUTC+10:00
  • Time zoneAustralia/Melbourne
Coordinates
-37.81°, 144.96°

World clock

Compared with Melbourne

Daylight saving time in Melbourne

Clocks shift twice a year — UTC+10:00 in winter, UTC+11:00 in summer.

Next DST change October 4, 2026
Direction forward
Amount 1h

DST schedule — recent & upcoming years

Spring-forward and fall-back dates in Melbourne.

  • 2025
    DST start (spring forward)Oct 5, 2025,
    DST end (fall back)Apr 6, 2025,
  • 2026
    DST start (spring forward)Oct 4, 2026,
    DST end (fall back)Apr 5, 2026,
  • 2027
    DST start (spring forward)Oct 3, 2027,
    DST end (fall back)Apr 4, 2027,
  • 2028
    DST start (spring forward)Oct 1, 2028,
    DST end (fall back)Apr 2, 2028,
YearDST start (spring forward)DST end (fall back)
2025Oct 5, 2025, Apr 6, 2025,
2026Oct 4, 2026, Apr 5, 2026,
2027Oct 3, 2027, Apr 4, 2027,
2028Oct 1, 2028, Apr 2, 2028,

Hour-by-hour conversion

When it's the given hour in Melbourne, here are the local times elsewhere.

Melbourne New YorkMexico CitySão PauloLondonParisBerlinDubaiMumbai
00:00 10:00 -1 08:00 -1 11:00 -1 15:00 -1 16:00 -1 16:00 -1 18:00 -1 19:30 -1
01:00 11:00 -1 09:00 -1 12:00 -1 16:00 -1 17:00 -1 17:00 -1 19:00 -1 20:30 -1
02:00 12:00 -1 10:00 -1 13:00 -1 17:00 -1 18:00 -1 18:00 -1 20:00 -1 21:30 -1
03:00 13:00 -1 11:00 -1 14:00 -1 18:00 -1 19:00 -1 19:00 -1 21:00 -1 22:30 -1
04:00 14:00 -1 12:00 -1 15:00 -1 19:00 -1 20:00 -1 20:00 -1 22:00 -1 23:30 -1
05:00 15:00 -1 13:00 -1 16:00 -1 20:00 -1 21:00 -1 21:00 -1 23:00 -1 00:30
06:00 16:00 -1 14:00 -1 17:00 -1 21:00 -1 22:00 -1 22:00 -1 00:00 01:30
07:00 17:00 -1 15:00 -1 18:00 -1 22:00 -1 23:00 -1 23:00 -1 01:00 02:30
08:00 18:00 -1 16:00 -1 19:00 -1 23:00 -1 00:00 00:00 02:00 03:30
09:00 19:00 -1 17:00 -1 20:00 -1 00:00 01:00 01:00 03:00 04:30
10:00 20:00 -1 18:00 -1 21:00 -1 01:00 02:00 02:00 04:00 05:30
11:00 21:00 -1 19:00 -1 22:00 -1 02:00 03:00 03:00 05:00 06:30
12:00 22:00 -1 20:00 -1 23:00 -1 03:00 04:00 04:00 06:00 07:30
13:00 23:00 -1 21:00 -1 00:00 04:00 05:00 05:00 07:00 08:30
14:00 00:00 22:00 -1 01:00 05:00 06:00 06:00 08:00 09:30
15:00 01:00 23:00 -1 02:00 06:00 07:00 07:00 09:00 10:30
16:00 02:00 00:00 03:00 07:00 08:00 08:00 10:00 11:30
17:00 03:00 01:00 04:00 08:00 09:00 09:00 11:00 12:30
18:00 04:00 02:00 05:00 09:00 10:00 10:00 12:00 13:30
19:00 05:00 03:00 06:00 10:00 11:00 11:00 13:00 14:30
20:00 06:00 04:00 07:00 11:00 12:00 12:00 14:00 15:30
21:00 07:00 05:00 08:00 12:00 13:00 13:00 15:00 16:30
22:00 08:00 06:00 09:00 13:00 14:00 14:00 16:00 17:30
23:00 09:00 07:00 10:00 14:00 15:00 15:00 17:00 18:30

Frequently Asked Questions

The current local time in Melbourne, Australia is 00:35 (AEST). Melbourne uses the Australia/Melbourne time zone, which is UTC+10:00.

Melbourne uses AEST (UTC+10:00) in winter and switches to AEDT (UTC+11:00) during daylight saving time. The IANA identifier is Australia/Melbourne.

Yes. The next daylight saving transition in Melbourne is on October 4, 2026. Clocks will move forward by 1 hour.

The IANA / Olson time zone database identifier for Melbourne is Australia/Melbourne. This is the identifier used by operating systems, programming languages, and APIs to look up the correct local time.

It is currently AM in Melbourne. The local time is 00:35 (AEST).

Melbourne is UTC+10:00 from UTC during standard time and UTC+11:00 during daylight saving time. It is currently UTC+10:00.

The next daylight saving transition in Melbourne is on October 4, 2026. Clocks move forward by 1 hour at 03:00 local time.

Melbourne is currently 14 hours ahead of New York.