PST to AEST
Sydney is a day ahead of California: 19 hours from early November to mid-March, 17 hours from early April to early October, and 18 hours in the weeks between. 5:00 PM in Los Angeles is noon the next day in Sydney in January and 10:00 AM the next day in July.
Convert the other way: AEST → PST
- Difference right now
- AEST 18 hours ahead of PST
- Shared office hours
- 12 AM–2 AM PST
- Daylight saving
- Both zones shift their clocks
PST to AEST, hour by hour
Every hour of the day, using today's offsets (daylight saving is applied automatically).
- 12:00 AM6:00 PM
- 1:00 AM7:00 PM
- 2:00 AM8:00 PM
- 3:00 AM9:00 PM
- 4:00 AM10:00 PM
- 5:00 AM11:00 PM
- 6:00 AM12:00 AM+1
- 7:00 AM1:00 AM+1
- 8:00 AM2:00 AM+1
- 9:00 AM3:00 AM+1
- 10:00 AM4:00 AM+1
- 11:00 AM5:00 AM+1
- 12:00 PM6:00 AM+1
- 1:00 PM7:00 AM+1
- 2:00 PM8:00 AM+1
- 3:00 PM9:00 AM+1
- 4:00 PM10:00 AM+1
- 5:00 PM11:00 AM+1
- 6:00 PM12:00 PM+1
- 7:00 PM1:00 PM+1
- 8:00 PM2:00 PM+1
- 9:00 PM3:00 PM+1
- 10:00 PM4:00 PM+1
- 11:00 PM5:00 PM+1
The Australian week starts on your Sunday
Monday 9:00 AM in Sydney is Sunday 2:00 PM in California in January and Sunday 4:00 PM in July. Australian colleagues are already in the office while the West Coast is having a weekend lunch, and by the time a San Francisco team opens email on Monday morning, Sydney has finished its Monday. Friday works the other way: at 2:00 PM on a Friday in January in California it is 9:00 AM Saturday in Sydney, so a Friday afternoon request waits until Monday.
The odd 18-hour weeks come from two schedules that do not line up. Sydney uses daylight time (AEDT, UTC+11) from the first Sunday of October to the first Sunday of April; California uses PDT (UTC−7) from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday of November. In mid-March and in October both sides are on daylight time and the gap is 18 hours.
Which day you land
A late-evening departure from Los Angeles crosses the date line and lands in Sydney early in the morning two calendar days later: leave Tuesday night, arrive Thursday morning. Plan hotel check-ins and meetings with that in mind; booking a room for Wednesday night is a classic mistake. Brisbane and the Gold Coast stay on UTC+10 all year, so from November to March they are one hour behind Sydney.
Australian sport rarely lands at a friendly hour. The AFL Grand Final, traditionally played at 2:30 PM on the last Saturday of September in Melbourne, starts at 9:30 PM Pacific on Friday. For the conversion from the Australian side, see Sydney to Los Angeles.
Clock changes this year
- Mar 8, 2026PST: clocks go forward, UTC−8 → UTC−7
- Nov 1, 2026PST: clocks go back, UTC−7 → UTC−8
- Apr 5, 2026AEST: clocks go back, UTC+11 → UTC+10
- Oct 4, 2026AEST: clocks go forward, UTC+10 → UTC+11
Cities on these zones
Pacific Time PST
Other conversions with these zones
Frequently asked questions
- What time is 5 PM Pacific in Sydney?
- Noon the next day from November to mid-March, 11:00 AM the next day during the transition weeks, and 10:00 AM the next day from April to early October.
- When does the Australian work week start in California time?
- Monday 9:00 AM in Sydney is Sunday 2:00 PM Pacific in January and Sunday 4:00 PM Pacific in July.
- What time is the AFL Grand Final on the US West Coast?
- A 2:30 PM Saturday start in Melbourne in late September is 9:30 PM Friday Pacific Daylight Time.
- Which day do you arrive in Sydney after a late-night flight from Los Angeles?
- Two calendar days after departure: a flight leaving Tuesday night lands on Thursday morning, because you lose a day crossing the date line.