China and Australia Time Zones Map live - Current local time with time zone

Sydney (NSW)
Melbourne (Victoria)
Hobart (Tasmania)

Australia standard time zones +inf
West +8	Cent+9:30	East +10	LH +10:30
Time Zone	Time Zone	Time Zone	Time Zone

Time difference China vs Australia / Australia vs China | Swap

With the start of Daylight Savings Time in Australia on Sunday, October 6, 2024, Beijing, China will be 3 hours behind Sydney, Australia. | Swap

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China time zone
Australia time zones

China spans 1 time zone, UTC +8h all year round, without summer time, corresponding to the meridian 120º east of Greenwich located between Shanghai and Beijing approx. More info. | Asia time zone map

Australia spans 5 time zones, 4 main time zones: Western - Central - Eastern - Central Western (Eucla) - and Lord Howe Island. More info. | You can see Australia larger map

China does not use daylight saving time
All year round it uses the UTC +8h time zone. More info

Australia Daylight Saving Time 2024
On Sunday, October 6, Australia turned the clock forward one hour, at 2:00 a.m. it was 3:00 a.m. More info

You can quickly check the current time difference between Australia and China by viewing the current time zone at the top right of both countries. time zone clocks . clock symbols info

For example, between China +8h and Sydney, Australia +10h, the time difference (in standard time) will be China 2 hours behind Sydney, Australia. During Australia Daylight Saving Time we will add 1 hour = 3 hours.

You can also refer to the 4 Time Zone Colors = Intervals that are multiples of 4 hours between the same colors.
In the case of China and Perth, Western Australia, both in pink and without daylight saving time, they will always use the same time zone, UTC +8h.

Time change and time difference Beijing, China vs. Sydney, Australia

• As of (1st Sunday in October) with the start of Australian daylight saving time, Sydney is +11h while Beijing, China is +8h, so Beijing, China will be 3 hours behind Sydney, Australia.

• As of (1st Sunday in April) with the return to Australian Standard Time, Sydney is +10h and Beijing, China is +8h, so China will be 2 hours behind Sydney.

China and Australia, current time and time zone.

Time difference between some China cities vs Australia States

Time difference	Time difference
Beijing, China	Hong Kong, China

Beijing Time Zone +8 No daylight saving	Hong Kong Time Zone +8 No daylight saving
Adelaide	Adelaide
Brisbane	Brisbane
Darwin	Darwin
Melbourne	Melbourne
Perth	Perth
Sydney	Sydney
Lord Howe Isl.	Lord Howe Isl.
vs. local time	vs. local time
Asia Time Zones	Asia Time Zones

Time difference	Time difference
Shanghai, China	Taipei, Taiwan

Shanghai Time Zone +8 No daylight saving	Taiwan Time Zone +8 No daylight saving
Adelaide	Adelaide
Brisbane	Brisbane
Darwin	Darwin
Melbourne	Melbourne
Perth	Perth
Sydney	Sydney
Lord Howe Isl.	Lord Howe Isl.
vs. local time	vs. local time
Asia Time Zones	Asia Time Zones

Time difference	Time difference
Naypyidaw, Burma	Hanoi, Vietnam

Burma Time Zone +6:30 No daylight saving	Vietnam Time Zone +7 No daylight saving
Adelaide	Adelaide
Brisbane	Brisbane
Darwin	Darwin
Melbourne	Melbourne
Perth	Perth
Sydney	Sydney
Lord Howe Isl.	Lord Howe Isl.
vs. local time	vs. local time
Asia Time Zones	Asia Time Zones

Time difference	Time difference
Manila, Philippines	Tokyo, Japan

Philippines Time Zone +8 No daylight saving	Japan Time Zone +9 No daylight saving
Adelaide	Adelaide
Brisbane	Brisbane
Darwin	Darwin
Melbourne	Melbourne
Perth	Perth
Sydney	Sydney
Lord Howe Isl	Lord Howe Isl.
vs. local time	vs. local time
Asia Time Zones	Asia Time Zones

The Clock time is updated with the time change, along with the time zone and summer or winter symbols. + info.

Time change Australia 2024

Daylight saving time change in Australia is used only in the territories of South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, *Lord Howe Island (30'), and Norfolk Island.

The first Sunday, April 7 at 3:00 am Australia turns the clock back 1 hour.
The first Sunday, October 6 at 2:00 am Australia turns the clock forward 1 hour.

*Lord Howe Island
The first Sunday, April 7 at 2:00 am Lord Howe turns the clock back 0:30 hours.
The first Sunday, October 6 at 2:00 am Lord Howe turns the clock forward 0:30 hours

Australia daylight saving 2024
Ends - 1h	Starts + 1h
April - 7 Sun. 3:00 → 2:00	Oct - 6 Sun. 2:00 → 3:00
Australia on Sunday April 2, 2024, at 3:00 a.m. it will be 2:00 a.m.	Australia on Sunday, October 6, 2024, at 2:00 a.m. it will be 3:00 a.m.
Lord Howe daylight saving 2024
Ends - 0:30'	Starts + 0:30'
April - 7 Sun. 2:00 → 1:30	Oct - 6 Sun. 2:00 → 2:30
Lord Howe on Sunday April 7, 2024 at 2:00 a.m. it will be 1:30.	Lord Howe on Sunday October 6, 2024 at 2:00 a.m. it will be 2:30.

Australia time zones with current time - map

There are 5 time zones, in Australia from west to east: Western Australian Time (Perth)- Western Central Australian Time (Eucla) - Central Australian Time, North (Darwin) & South (Adelaide) ) - Eastern Australian Time (Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart) - Lord Howe Time. Clock symbol info

Australia time zones - 24 hour clock format

Western Australia	South Australia
Western Standard T.	Current Central Time

Perth	Adelaide
AWST = std +8 No daylight saving	ACST = std +9:30 ACDT= dst +10:30
Central Western	Northern Territory
Eucla Standard T.	Central Standard Time

Eucla	Darwin
UTC = std +8:45 No daylight saving	ACST = std +9:30 No daylight saving
Australia Time Zone map - current time
Large cities in Australia by time zones
AWST: Australian Western Standard Time
ACWST: Aust. Central W. Std Time (Eucla)
ACST: Australian Central Standard Time
AEST: Australian Eastern Standard Time
LHST: Lord Howe Standard Time

New South Wales	Victoria
Current Eastern time	Current Eastern time

Sydney	Melbourne
AEST = std +10 AEDT=daylight +11	AEST = std +10 AEDT = daylight +11

Queensland	Tasmania
Eastern Standard T.	Current Eastern Time

Brisbane	Hobart
AEST = std +10 No daylight saving	AEST = std +10 AEDT = daylight +11
	Lord Howe Island
Note that Lord Howe only turns the clock forward and back 30 minutes, and ends DST at 2:00 instead of 3:00. See daylight saving	Lord Howe Time

	Lord Howe
	UTC = std +10:30 UTC = dst +11:00

Adding 3 Australian dependencies, Cocos Islands - Christmas Island - and Norfolk Island, Australia spans a total of 8 Time Zones.

3 Australian dependencies

Cocos Islands Time

Cocos Islands
UTC = standard +6:30 No daylight saving
Cocos Islands: same time zone as Myanmar (Burma) UTC +6:30

Christmas Island Time

Chritsmas Island
UTC = standard +7:00 No daylight saving

Norfolk Island Time

Norfolk (Kingston)
UTC = standard +11:00 UTC = daylight +12:00

The letters S (standard) and D (daylight), are the acronyms that show the current period of the time zone.
For example, AEST Australian Eastern Standard Time / AEDT Australian Eastern Daylight Time, more summer / winter symbols, which appear next to the clock time.

China time zone with current time map

China spans only 1 time zone, UTC +8h all year round, without daylight saving time. You can see Asia Time zones map

China time zone and some nearby countries- 24 hour clock format

China	Taiwan
China Time	Taiwan Time

Beijing, China	Taipei, Taiwan
Time Zone +8h.	Time Zone +8h.
CST = standard +8h No daylight saving	CST = standard +8h No daylight saving
China standard time	China standard time

Myanmar (Burma)	Indochina
Burma Time	Vietnam Time

Naypyidaw, Burma	Hanoi, Vietnam
Time Zone +6:30h.	Time Zone +7h.
Standard Time +6:30 No daylight saving	Standard Time +7h No daylight saving
	Cambodia \| Laos Thailand \| Vietnam

Countries and islands near China

Manila, Philippines	Tokyo, Japan
Philippines Time	Japan Time

Manila, Philippines	Tokyo, Japan
Time Zone +8h.	Time Zone +9h.
PST = standard +8h No daylight saving	JST = standard +9h No daylight saving
Philippines standard time	Japan standard time

North Korea	Northern Mariana Isl.
Korea Time	N.Mariana Time

Pyongyang, N. Korea	Saipan, N.Mariana Isl.
South Korea	Guam
Seoul, South Korea	Hagåtña, Guam
Time Zone +9h.	Time Zone +10h.
KST = standard +9h No daylight saving	ChST = standard +10h No daylight saving

China does not use daylight saving time

Although China is a country that, due to its longitude, could include up to 5 time zones, it only uses the UTC +8h time zone and does not use daylight saving time. You can see China Time Zones |

China-Australia maps.

*2 time zones *Time change exception