Satellite View of Sydney
Sydney sits at -33.8688, 151.2093. Drag to pan, click then scroll to zoom, and switch between satellite, terrain and street layers.
Australia · Australia/Sydney
Current Time in New South Wales
Live local time in Sydney, New South Wales, with today's date, the UTC offset, the difference from your own clock, and current weather.
Sydney, New South Wales
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Reference
New South Wales at a Glance
| Region | New South Wales |
| Abbreviation | NSW |
| Country | Australia |
| Reference city | Sydney |
| IANA time zone | Australia/Sydney |
| Current UTC offset | — |
| Coordinates | -33.8688, 151.2093 |
| Day of year | — |
| ISO week number | — |
| Season in Sydney | — |
| Daylight today | — |
| Sun altitude now | — |
| Moon phase | — |
Working with New South Wales
Time Differences
How Sydney lines up against the places people most often need to coordinate with.
| City | Local time | Date | Difference |
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Differences are measured against Sydney. For a specific date, use the converter.
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Understanding the offset
How New South Wales Time Works
The Zone, Not the Offset
Sydney sits in Australia/Sydney. That name matters more than the number: an offset like the one shown above is only true today, whereas the zone name carries every rule about when the country changes its clocks. Software that stores offsets instead of zone names breaks at the next changeover.
Clock Changes
Whether New South Wales moves its clocks twice a year is baked into the Australia/Sydney zone, so the offset above is always the one in force today. Places that stay on a fixed offset drift an hour relative to their neighbours for part of the year, which is the usual reason a recurring call slips.
One Zone Throughout
New South Wales runs on Australia/Sydney throughout, so whatever the clock reads in Sydney is what it reads across the region.
Answers
New South Wales Time Questions
What time is it in New South Wales right now?
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Sydney, New South Wales, updating every second. It is calculated from the Australia/Sydney zone using your browser's copy of the IANA time zone database, so daylight saving is applied automatically.
What time zone is New South Wales in?
Sydney uses the Australia/Sydney zone, and the current UTC offset is shown in the panel above. New South Wales uses this one zone throughout, so the time is the same across the whole region.
Does New South Wales change its clocks?
The offset shown above already accounts for daylight saving wherever it applies, because it comes from the time zone database rather than a fixed number. If New South Wales is on a fixed offset all year, the panel simply never changes.
How do I convert New South Wales time to my own?
The comparison line above already shows the difference between Sydney and your own device clock. For a specific date rather than right now, use the time zone converter, which applies the daylight saving rules for the date you enter.
Where does the weather come from?
Open-Meteo, a free weather service. The request goes directly from your browser to their API, so nothing about your visit passes through our server. It reports current conditions and a short forecast for Sydney.