Current time in Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia · Australia/Melbourne

Sunday

20:56:39

Sunday, 6 September 2026

8:56:39 PM · AEST · UTC+10:00

Timezone details

  • City: Melbourne
  • Country: Australia
  • IANA timezone: Australia/Melbourne
  • UTC/GMT offset: UTC+10:00
  • Abbreviation: AEST
  • Daylight saving: No, DST is not active now.
  • Difference from UTC: 10 hours ahead of UTC
  • Region: Eastern (DST)

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Sunrise: 6:34 AM · Sunset: 6:03 PM

24-hour timeline

Blue: 09:00–17:00 Orange: evening Grey: night Outlined/dark: current hour (20:00)

Typical business hours

Many offices in Melbourne keep weekday hours around 09:00–17:00 local time. That is a general planning range, not a claim about a specific employer. On the 24-hour bar, those hours are marked as working hours.

If you are calling from another timezone, compare Melbourne with another city and use the overlapping 09:00–17:00 helper.

How this time is calculated

The server converts the current UTC instant into Australia/Melbourne using PHP’s DateTimeZone database. The offset UTC+10:00 and DST flag are taken from that instant, so March and November transitions are included automatically. JavaScript then keeps the displayed clock ticking in the same zone.

Last calculated: 2026-09-06 10:56:39 UTC. Review timezone rules if your operating system tzdata is outdated.

About time in Melbourne

Melbourne uses Australia/Melbourne. It usually matches Sydney, including the summer-time change, and is ahead of Perth.

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Frequently asked questions

The current time in Melbourne is shown at the top of this page and updates every second. It is calculated from the IANA timezone Australia/Melbourne.

Melbourne uses the IANA timezone identifier Australia/Melbourne. The current abbreviation is AEST with an offset of UTC+10:00.

No, daylight saving time is not currently active. The offset is taken from PHP’s timezone database for this exact date, not from a fixed UTC value.

Melbourne is currently 10 hours ahead of UTC.

Not necessarily. Open the Australia page to see whether that country uses more than one timezone.