Time difference between Rome and Melbourne

Melbourne is 8 hours ahead of Rome

Rome, Italy is UTC+1 · Melbourne, Australia is UTC+10 — on standard time

The gap is not the same all year

Every converter gives one number for this pair. That number is right for most of the year and wrong for part of it, because Rome goes forward on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October and Melbourne goes forward on the first Sunday in October and back on the first Sunday in April.

These two are in opposite hemispheres, so their summers do not overlap: Rome is on summer time roughly when Melbourne is not. The gap does not wobble by an hour around a settled figure — it swings between 8 hours and 10 hours and spends a good part of the year at each. There is no single right answer to give a calendar, which is why a recurring meeting between them is worth setting in one city's local time and letting the other side see it move.

When they can both be at their desks

Nine-to-five in Rome and nine-to-five in Melbourne do not overlap at all. With 8 hours between them, one side is always outside working hours, and the practical question is which side takes the early start or the late finish rather than when to meet.

Rome to Melbourne, hour by hour

On the usual gap of 8 hours.

Frequently asked questions

Other pairs

• Rome to Auckland
• Rome to New York
• Rome to Toronto
• Rome to Chicago
• Rome to Mexico City
• Rome to Denver
• Rome to Los Angeles
• Rome to Vancouver
• Rome to Anchorage
• Rome to Honolulu

Every Rome pair · Every Melbourne pair · All city pairs · Time zones by abbreviation