Time difference between Sydney and Johannesburg

Johannesburg is 8 hours behind Sydney

Sydney, Australia is UTC+10 · Johannesburg, South Africa is UTC+2 — 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 Johannesburg does not change its clocks.

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

When they can both be at their desks

Nine-to-five in Sydney and nine-to-five in Johannesburg 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.

Sydney to Johannesburg, hour by hour

On the usual gap of 8 hours.

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