Australia and New Zealand time difference
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Australia is 2 hours behind New Zealand (Auckland)
Australia (Sydney) is 2 hours behind New Zealand (Auckland) right now: 22:00 AEDT in Sydney is 00:00 NZDT in Auckland.
Sydney · Australia
AEDT · UTC+11
Auckland · New Zealand
NZDT · UTC+13
Every zone, right now
| New Zealand | vs Sydney (AEDT) | vs Lord Howe (LHDT) | vs Adelaide (ACDT) | vs Brisbane (AEST) | vs Darwin (ACST) | vs Eucla (ACWST) | vs Perth (AWST) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland00:00 NZDT · UTC+13 | Sydney −2h | Lord Howe −2h | Adelaide −2h 30m | Brisbane −3h | Darwin −3h 30m | Eucla −4h 15m | Perth −5h |
| Chatham00:45 CHADT · UTC+13:45 | Sydney −2h 45m | Lord Howe −2h 45m | Adelaide −3h 15m | Brisbane −3h 45m | Darwin −4h 15m | Eucla −5h | Perth −5h 45m |
Through the year
The gap stays at 2h all year: neither side changes its clocks in a way that moves it.
Convert a time
- AEST to NZST — hour-by-hour table
- Sydney to Auckland — city to city
- Plan a meeting — find hours that suit both
- Time zones in Australia · Time zones in New Zealand
Best hours to call
When are both sides at work?Each column is one hour of the day in the first city; the second row shows the same moment in the other city. Gold means office hours (09:00–18:00), dusk means awake but off work, night means asleep (23:00–07:00). Columns where both rows are gold are good meeting times.
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SydneyAEDT · +11:00
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AucklandNZDT · +13:00
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Shared working hours: 09:00–16:00 in Sydney is 11:00–18:00 in Auckland.
Working (09–18) Awake, off the clock Asleep (23–07)
Questions about the Australia–New Zealand time difference
- What is the time difference between Australia and New Zealand?
- Australia (Sydney) is 2 hours behind New Zealand (Auckland) right now: 22:00 AEDT in Sydney is 00:00 NZDT in Auckland. Across all of their time zones the gap is between 2 hours and 5 hours 45 minutes.
- What time is it in New Zealand when it is 9 am in Australia?
- At 09:00 in Sydney it is 11:00 in Auckland.
- Does the time difference between Australia and New Zealand change during the year?
- No. Neither Sydney nor Auckland changes its clocks in a way that moves the gap, so it is 2 hours all year.
Other pairs: every country time difference. Times are computed from the IANA time zone database.