Auckland to Sydney: time difference and meeting times
Everything you need to schedule between Auckland and Sydney — the current offset, both cities' daylight saving dates, and the hour-by-hour overlap of their working days.
7 hours of full overlap. Both cities are inside normal working hours (09:00–17:59 local) at 00:00–06:00 UTC, 23:00–00:00 UTC. Any hour in that range works for both sides without anyone starting early or finishing late.
Hour by hour
| UTC | Auckland | Status | Sydney | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 12:00 | Working hours | 10:00 | Working hours |
| 01:00 | 13:00 | Working hours | 11:00 | Working hours |
| 02:00 | 14:00 | Working hours | 12:00 | Working hours |
| 03:00 | 15:00 | Working hours | 13:00 | Working hours |
| 04:00 | 16:00 | Working hours | 14:00 | Working hours |
| 05:00 | 17:00 | Working hours | 15:00 | Working hours |
| 06:00 | 18:00 | Evening | 16:00 | Working hours |
| 07:00 | 19:00 | Evening | 17:00 | Working hours |
| 08:00 | 20:00 | Evening | 18:00 | Evening |
| 09:00 | 21:00 | Late night | 19:00 | Evening |
| 10:00 | 22:00 | Late night | 20:00 | Evening |
| 11:00 | 23:00 | Late night | 21:00 | Late night |
| 12:00 | 00:00 next day | Asleep | 22:00 | Late night |
| 13:00 | 01:00 next day | Asleep | 23:00 | Late night |
| 14:00 | 02:00 next day | Asleep | 00:00 next day | Asleep |
| 15:00 | 03:00 next day | Asleep | 01:00 next day | Asleep |
| 16:00 | 04:00 next day | Asleep | 02:00 next day | Asleep |
| 17:00 | 05:00 next day | Asleep | 03:00 next day | Asleep |
| 18:00 | 06:00 next day | Early morning | 04:00 next day | Asleep |
| 19:00 | 07:00 next day | Early morning | 05:00 next day | Asleep |
| 20:00 | 08:00 next day | Early morning | 06:00 next day | Early morning |
| 21:00 | 09:00 next day | Working hours | 07:00 next day | Early morning |
| 22:00 | 10:00 next day | Working hours | 08:00 next day | Early morning |
| 23:00 | 11:00 next day | Working hours | 09:00 next day | Working hours |
Green rows are hours when both cities are inside core working hours (09:00–17:59 local). Amber rows are hours when both are awake but at least one is in the early morning or evening. Times shown are for 27 August 2026; the pattern shifts when either city changes its clocks.
Quick conversions
| When it is… | …it is |
|---|---|
| 09:00 in Auckland | 07:00 next day in Sydney |
| 12:00 in Auckland | 10:00 in Sydney |
| 15:00 in Auckland | 13:00 in Sydney |
| 17:00 in Auckland | 15:00 in Sydney |
Daylight saving
Auckland next moves its clocks forward on 27 September 2026, to UTC+13. Sydney next moves its clocks forward on 4 October 2026, to UTC+11.
Both sides change clocks, but not on the same dates
Both cities observe daylight saving, so the offset between them is stable for most of the year. It is not stable during the weeks when one has changed and the other has not — check the transition dates above before scheduling anything in those windows.
Scheduling across this corridor
Australia and New Zealand are close in time but not identical, and both observe daylight saving on their own schedule — New Zealand starts earlier in the spring and ends later in the autumn than the eastern Australian states. For a few weeks each year the usual gap between them changes, which is the classic trap for trans-Tasman recurring meetings. Note also that Australia is not a single timezone.
About Auckland
Auckland observes daylight saving on the southern-hemisphere schedule, starting in late September and ending in early April — a longer season than eastern Australia's, which means the trans-Tasman gap changes for several weeks each year. New Zealand is among the first populated places to enter each new calendar day, and during its summer time it runs thirteen hours ahead of UTC.
About Sydney
Sydney observes daylight saving on the southern-hemisphere schedule, moving forward in October and back in April — the opposite of the northern hemisphere. For part of the year the two hemispheres are both on summer time, and the gap between Sydney and Europe or North America changes twice as much across the year as people expect. Australia is not a single timezone: the eastern states, South Australia and Western Australia all differ, and not all of them observe daylight saving.
Add more cities
This page covers two cities. If your team spans three or more, open the interactive grid — it shows every city's working hours side by side and highlights the columns where everyone overlaps.
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Related time differences
Intl API and were last generated on 27 August 2026. See how we calculate these figures.