Satellite View of Adelaide
Adelaide sits at -34.9285, 138.6007. Drag to pan, click then scroll to zoom, and switch between satellite, terrain and street layers.
Australia · Australia/Adelaide
Current Time in South Australia
Live local time in Adelaide, South Australia, with today's date, the UTC offset, the difference from your own clock, and current weather.
Adelaide, South Australia
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Adelaide Right Now
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Reference
South Australia at a Glance
| Region | South Australia |
| Abbreviation | SA |
| Country | Australia |
| Reference city | Adelaide |
| IANA time zone | Australia/Adelaide |
| Current UTC offset | — |
| Coordinates | -34.9285, 138.6007 |
| Day of year | — |
| ISO week number | — |
| Season in Adelaide | — |
| Daylight today | — |
| Sun altitude now | — |
| Moon phase | — |
Worth knowing. South Australia runs on a half-hour offset, thirty minutes behind the eastern states.
Working with South Australia
Time Differences
How Adelaide lines up against the places people most often need to coordinate with.
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Differences are measured against Adelaide. For a specific date, use the converter.
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Every state, province or territory with its own page, each showing live local time.
Understanding the offset
How South Australia Time Works
The Zone, Not the Offset
Adelaide sits in Australia/Adelaide. 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 South Australia moves its clocks twice a year is baked into the Australia/Adelaide 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.
Not One Zone Throughout
South Australia runs on a half-hour offset, thirty minutes behind the eastern states. The clock above follows Adelaide, so check which zone applies before assuming it matches the whole region.
Answers
South Australia Time Questions
What time is it in South Australia right now?
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Adelaide, South Australia, updating every second. It is calculated from the Australia/Adelaide zone using your browser's copy of the IANA time zone database, so daylight saving is applied automatically.
What time zone is South Australia in?
Adelaide uses the Australia/Adelaide zone, and the current UTC offset is shown in the panel above. South Australia runs on a half-hour offset, thirty minutes behind the eastern states.
Does South Australia 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 South Australia is on a fixed offset all year, the panel simply never changes.
How do I convert South Australia time to my own?
The comparison line above already shows the difference between Adelaide 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 Adelaide.