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Published 2026-08-04 · last checked 2026-08-04 · written and calculated in-house by timedatelive

Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland are the furthest ahead of any cities we publish, which makes them the hardest to schedule against Europe and North America. Auckland to Toronto and Auckland to New York reach 18 hours apart in January, the widest gaps anywhere on this site.

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Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland are the furthest ahead of any cities we publish, which makes them the hardest to schedule against Europe and North America. Auckland to Toronto and Auckland to New York reach 18 hours apart in January, the widest gaps anywhere on this site.

Their clocks also run against the northern grain: Australian and New Zealand daylight saving starts in October and ends in April, so when Europe springs forward these cities fall back. The result is that 53 of these 55 pairings change gap across the year, and many move by two hours rather than one. The only two that never move are Auckland to Sydney and Melbourne to Sydney.

PairGap on 4 August 2026Gap on 14 January 2026Shared working hours
Amsterdam to Sydney8 hours behind10 hours behindnone
Auckland to Bangkok5 hours ahead6 hours ahead3 hours
Auckland to Berlin10 hours ahead12 hours aheadnone
Auckland to Dubai8 hours ahead9 hours aheadnone
Auckland to Hong Kong (Central)4 hours ahead5 hours ahead4 hours
Auckland to London11 hours ahead13 hours aheadnone
Auckland to Mumbai6h 30m ahead7h 30m ahead1.5 hours
Auckland to New York16 hours ahead18 hours aheadnone
Auckland to Paris10 hours ahead12 hours aheadnone
Auckland to Singapore (CBD)4 hours ahead5 hours ahead4 hours
Auckland to Sydney2 hours ahead2 hours ahead6 hours
Auckland to Tokyo3 hours ahead4 hours ahead5 hours
Auckland to Toronto16 hours ahead18 hours aheadnone
Bengaluru to Sydney4h 30m behind5h 30m behind3.5 hours
Bangkok to Melbourne3 hours behind4 hours behind5 hours
Bangkok to Sydney3 hours behind4 hours behind5 hours
Barcelona to Sydney8 hours behind10 hours behindnone
Berlin to Melbourne8 hours behind10 hours behindnone
Berlin to Sydney8 hours behind10 hours behindnone
Buenos Aires to Sydney13 hours behind14 hours behindnone
Cairo to Sydney7 hours behind9 hours behind1 hour
Cape Town to Sydney8 hours behind9 hours behindnone
Chiang Mai to Sydney3 hours behind4 hours behind5 hours
Dubai to Melbourne6 hours behind7 hours behind2 hours
Dubai to Sydney6 hours behind7 hours behind2 hours
Ho Chi Minh City to Sydney3 hours behind4 hours behind5 hours
Hong Kong (Central) to Melbourne2 hours behind3 hours behind6 hours
Hong Kong (Central) to Sydney2 hours behind3 hours behind6 hours
Istanbul to Sydney7 hours behind8 hours behind1 hour
Jakarta to Sydney3 hours behind4 hours behind5 hours
Kuala Lumpur to Sydney2 hours behind3 hours behind6 hours
Lisbon to Sydney9 hours behind11 hours behindnone
London to Melbourne9 hours behind11 hours behindnone
London to Sydney9 hours behind11 hours behindnone
Madrid to Sydney8 hours behind10 hours behindnone
Manila to Sydney2 hours behind3 hours behind6 hours
Melbourne to Mumbai4h 30m ahead5h 30m ahead3.5 hours
Melbourne to New York14 hours ahead16 hours aheadnone
Melbourne to Paris8 hours ahead10 hours aheadnone
Melbourne to Singapore (CBD)2 hours ahead3 hours ahead6 hours
Melbourne to Sydneysame timesame time8 hours
Melbourne to Tokyo1 hour ahead2 hours ahead7 hours
Melbourne to Toronto14 hours ahead16 hours aheadnone
Mexico City to Sydney16 hours behind17 hours behindnone
Mumbai to Sydney4h 30m behind5h 30m behind3.5 hours
Nairobi to Sydney7 hours behind8 hours behind1 hour
New York to Sydney14 hours behind16 hours behindnone
Paris to Sydney8 hours behind10 hours behindnone
Rome to Sydney8 hours behind10 hours behindnone
São Paulo to Sydney13 hours behind14 hours behindnone
Seoul to Sydney1 hour behind2 hours behind7 hours
Singapore (CBD) to Sydney2 hours behind3 hours behind6 hours
Sydney to Tel Aviv7 hours ahead9 hours ahead1 hour
Sydney to Tokyo1 hour ahead2 hours ahead7 hours
Sydney to Toronto14 hours ahead16 hours aheadnone

All 55 pairings in this group, both directions available. Gaps as at 4 August 2026 and 14 January 2026.

How this page was built. Offsets come from the IANA time zone database, read through Python's zoneinfo, for two reference instants: midday on 14 January 2026 and midday on 4 August 2026. Two instants are needed because 15 of the 34 cities move their clocks and 19 do not, so a single figure would be wrong for half the year. Gaps are the difference between the two cities' UTC offsets at the same instant. Shared working hours are the overlap of 09:00–17:00 local time in both cities on the same calendar day. Nothing here is estimated or rounded: every figure is recomputed from the tz database each time this page is rebuilt, and the date it was last checked is printed at the top. Full methodology.
The same pairs read the other way 55 pages

Each pairing has a page from each side. The table above links one direction; these link the other.

Sydney to AmsterdamBangkok to AucklandBerlin to AucklandDubai to AucklandHong Kong (Central) to AucklandLondon to AucklandMumbai to AucklandNew York to AucklandParis to AucklandSingapore (CBD) to AucklandSydney to AucklandTokyo to AucklandToronto to AucklandSydney to BengaluruMelbourne to BangkokSydney to BangkokSydney to BarcelonaMelbourne to BerlinSydney to BerlinSydney to Buenos AiresSydney to CairoSydney to Cape TownSydney to Chiang MaiMelbourne to DubaiSydney to DubaiSydney to Ho Chi Minh CityMelbourne to Hong Kong (Central)Sydney to Hong Kong (Central)Sydney to IstanbulSydney to JakartaSydney to Kuala LumpurSydney to LisbonMelbourne to LondonSydney to LondonSydney to MadridSydney to ManilaMumbai to MelbourneNew York to MelbourneParis to MelbourneSingapore (CBD) to MelbourneSydney to MelbourneTokyo to MelbourneToronto to MelbourneSydney to Mexico CitySydney to MumbaiSydney to NairobiSydney to New YorkSydney to ParisSydney to RomeSydney to São PauloSydney to SeoulSydney to Singapore (CBD)Tel Aviv to SydneyTokyo to SydneyToronto to Sydney

Common follow-up questions

Why does the Sydney to London gap change by two hours?

Because both cities observe daylight saving in opposite seasons. In January Sydney is on summer time and London is not, putting them 11 hours apart. In August London is on summer time and Sydney is not, putting them 9 hours apart. Neither city has done anything unusual; the two-hour swing is just both effects stacking.

Is Auckland always two hours ahead of Sydney?

Almost. It is two hours for most of 2026, and three hours for one week, from 27 September to 3 October, because New Zealand starts summer time on the last Sunday in September and Australia starts it on the first Sunday in October. They end on the same day in April, so there is no matching autumn window.