Time difference between Sydney and Brisbane

Brisbane is the same time as Sydney

Sydney, Australia is UTC+10 · Brisbane, 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 Sydney goes forward on the first Sunday in October and back on the first Sunday in April and Brisbane does not change its clocks.

Brisbane stays put all year while Sydney moves, so a meeting fixed in Brisbane's calendar shifts by an hour twice a year at Sydney's end.

About Sydney and Brisbane

Sydney is UTC+10 in winter and UTC+11 from October to April. Its summer is the northern hemisphere's winter, so the gap to Europe and North America swings by two hours over the year rather than staying put.

Brisbane is UTC+10 and does not change its clocks, while Sydney and Melbourne — the same offset in winter — go an hour ahead in October. For half the year Queensland is an hour behind its southern neighbours, which is a standing annoyance for anyone scheduling across the east coast.

When they can both be at their desks

Nine-to-five in both cities overlaps for 8 hours — 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Sydney, the same moment as 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Brisbane.

Sydney to Brisbane, hour by hour

On the usual gap of no difference.

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