Sydney to Johannesburg time

Time difference between Sydney and Johannesburg

Johannesburg is 9 hours behind Sydney. Sydney is on Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00) and Johannesburg is on South Africa Standard Time (UTC+02:00).

The gap is not constant. Because of daylight saving it varies from 8 hours to 9 hours over the year.

Convert Sydney time to Johannesburg time

These examples use the current offsets, UTC+11:00 for Sydney and UTC+02:00 for Johannesburg. Use the converter above for any other time or date.

Johannesburg is behind, so from midnight to 9:00 AM in Sydney it is still the previous calendar day in Johannesburg.

Best time to call or meet: Sydney and Johannesburg working hours

The standard 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM working days in Sydney and Johannesburg do not overlap.

Between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM, both cities are awake from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM in Sydney (8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Johannesburg), which usually means an early start or a late finish for one side.

Weekends, public holidays and local working weeks differ by country, so check those before booking.

Daylight saving time in Sydney and Johannesburg

Sydney observes daylight saving time. Its next change is on Apr 4, 2027 at 3:00 AM, when clocks go back 1 hour (UTC+11:00 to UTC+10:00).

Johannesburg does not change its clocks for daylight saving, so its UTC offset stays the same all year.