🇦🇺 Melbourne ↔ 🇬🇧 London

Melbourne is usually 9 hours ahead of London. Both observe daylight saving time, so the difference shifts by an hour for a few weeks around the spring and autumn changeovers.

Sunrise 7:37 AMSunset 5:09 PM(local)

Sunrise 4:45 AMSunset 9:23 PM(local)

Melbourne: standard timeNow UTC+10. Next change: October 4, 2026 — clocks go forward 1 hour.
London: daylight saving timeNow UTC+1. Next change: October 25, 2026 — clocks go back 1 hour.
MelbourneUTC+10
LondonUTC+1

🇦🇺 Melbourne

Dialing code+61
Population5,350,705
Coordinates37.81°S, 144.96°E
Elevation25 m

🇬🇧 London

Dialing code+44
Population8,961,989
Coordinates51.51°N, 0.13°W
Elevation25 m

No comfortable common working hours — these cities barely overlap.

3 October 2026 — 25 October 2026: the gap is 10h instead of the usual 9h — Melbourne and London change clocks on different days.

Working hours assumed 9:00–18:00.

Frequently asked questions

What is the time difference between Melbourne and London?
Melbourne is 9 hours ahead of London. Use the side-by-side clocks and the day/night strips above to convert any hour between them.
When is the best time to call between Melbourne and London?
There is no hour when standard working hours (9:00–18:00) overlap in both Melbourne and London, so any call falls outside business hours for at least one side.
Why does the time difference between Melbourne and London change?
Because Melbourne and London switch to or from daylight saving time on different dates, the gap between them is temporarily larger or smaller for a few weeks around those changes.