Time difference between Sydney and Perth

Updated live in your browser · IANA time zone database (Australia/Sydney, Australia/Perth)

Sydney GMT+10 · UTC+10

Perth GMT+8 · UTC+8

Difference 2 hours — Perth is behind Sydney

Best time to call

Hours shown in Sydney time. The working-day overlap runs 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM in Sydney, which is 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM in Perth — schedule calls in that window.

Hour-by-hour conversion

Daylight saving time note

Sydney and Perth do not change their clocks on the same date. Between October 3, 2026 and April 3, 2027 the difference is 3 hours ahead of Perth — because Sydney changes its clocks for daylight saving time while Perth keeps the same time all year.

For the rest of the year the difference holds steady at 2 hours. Every time on this page is computed from the IANA database at the moment you load it, so the tables above already account for whichever side has switched.

Why the time difference exists

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