Melbourne keeps the same clock as Sydney all year. In Victoria’s summer the city is on Eastern Daylight Time, eleven hours ahead of UTC; through the cooler half of the year it drops back to ten hours ahead.
Time zone facts
- IANA time zone: Australia/Melbourne
- Country: Australia (AU)
- Coordinates: -37.8136°, 144.9631°
Daylight saving in Victoria
Victoria switches to summer time in early spring (October) and returns to standard time in autumn (April), on the same weekends as New South Wales. Melbourne lies further south and west than Sydney, so its summer evenings are longer: in early January the sun sets after 20:45.
Events on Melbourne time
The Melbourne Cup horse race starts at 15:00 local time on the first Tuesday of November, during AEDT. The Australian Open in January is broadcast live to Europe in the early morning and to Asia in the evening.