Sydney to London Time Converter
Sydney is 9 hours ahead of London · Sydney UTC+10 · London UTC+1
Best time to connect
These cities have no standard-workday overlap — Sydney and London are too far apart in time. Schedule outside normal hours, or use async communication.
Sydney ↔ London time difference explained
Sydney is 9 hours ahead of London. Sydney, Australia runs on Australia/Sydney (UTC+10) while London, United Kingdom uses Europe/London (UTC+1). The converter above stays accurate through daylight saving changes because it reads live UTC offsets rather than fixed values. Whether you're coordinating remote work, booking a call, or planning travel between Sydney and London, the working-hours overlap panel shows exactly when both cities are awake and at their desks.
Need more than the time? See the full Sydney and London remote-work guides — cost of living, internet speed and visa options.
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Hour-by-hour: Sydney to London
When it's this time in Sydney, here's the time in London — all 24 hours, in both 24-hour and 12-hour (am/pm) format.
Sydney keeps Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST, UTC+10) from 5 April to 4 October 2026, and Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT, UTC+11) for the rest of the year. London keeps British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1) from 29 March to 25 October 2026, and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC+0) for the rest of the year. On those offsets the time in the United Kingdom is 9 hours behind the time in Australia: 9am in Sydney is 12am, 12pm in Sydney is 3am, 2pm in Sydney is 5am, and 8pm in Sydney is 11am in London.
Frequently asked questions
What is the time difference between Sydney and London?
Sydney is 9 hours ahead of London. Sydney is UTC+10 and London is UTC+1. The live converter above updates every second and accounts for daylight saving time automatically.
When it's 9am in Sydney, what time is it in London?
When it's 9am in Sydney, it's 0:00 in London (sydney is 9 hours ahead of london).
What's the best time to schedule a call between Sydney and London?
The "best time to connect" panel above shows the live working-hours overlap — the window when both Sydney and London are within a typical 9-to-5 workday, ideal for meetings and calls.
Do Sydney and London observe daylight saving time?
Both cities' current UTC offsets are shown live above and adjust automatically when either region enters or leaves daylight saving time, so the converter is always accurate.