Time difference between Sydney and Dubai
Good time for both on a weekday: 16:00–17:00 in Sydney = 9:00–10:00 in Dubai.
- Everyone at work
- Work hours
- Awake
- Night
- Weekend
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Different hours for each city
- 6–7 hoursDubai behind Sydney
- UTC+11 / UTC+10Sydney, January / July
- UTC+4Dubai, January and July
- 1 hour / 2 hoursshared 9-to-5 time, January / July
How the gap moves through the year
Dubai is 7 hours behind Sydney for about 6 months of the year.
Dubai is 6 hours behind Sydney for about 6 months of the year.
From the first Sunday in April (when Sydney falls back), Dubai is 6 hours behind Sydney.
From the first Sunday in October (when Sydney moves forward), Dubai is 7 hours behind Sydney.
Sydney moves its clocks forward one hour on the first Sunday in October at 2:00 am local time and back on the first Sunday in April at 3:00 am, switching between Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10) and Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11).
Dubai does not change its clocks: it stays on UTC+4 (Gulf Standard Time) all year.
Next clock change for this pair, as of when this page was built (2026-10-20): Sydney falls back on Sun 4 April 2027.
Everything on this page also holds if you swap Sydney for Melbourne, Canberra or Hobart, or Dubai for Baku, Abu Dhabi, Yerevan, Tbilisi or Muscat — those cities follow exactly the same clock all year.
Working hours that overlap
In January, a 9-to-5 day in both cities shares 1 hour: 4:00 pm–5:00 pm in Sydney, which is 9:00 am–10:00 am in Dubai.
In July, a 9-to-5 day in both cities shares 2 hours: 3:00 pm–5:00 pm in Sydney, which is 9:00 am–11:00 am in Dubai.
Across the week
At 9:00 on a Monday morning in Sydney, it is 2:00 am on Monday in Dubai.
Daylight, distance and night calls
Sydney and Dubai are about 12,040 km (7,480 miles) apart and 96° of longitude apart, which by the sun alone would be 6 hours 30 minutes.
Sydney's winter clock runs 55 minutes ahead of the sun, and Dubai's runs 19 minutes ahead of the sun.
In mid-January the sun is up in Sydney from about 5:59 am to 8:09 pm, and the sun is up in Dubai from about 7:05 am to 5:50 pm; both cities are in daylight at the same time for about 6 hours.
In mid-July the sun is up in Sydney from about 6:58 am to 5:04 pm, and the sun is up in Dubai from about 5:38 am to 7:11 pm; both cities are in daylight at the same time for about 5 hours 30 minutes.
In January, 4 hours of a Sydney office day fall in Dubai's night (10 pm to 6 am), and 2 hours of a Dubai office day fall in Sydney's night.
In July, 3 hours of a Sydney office day fall in Dubai's night (10 pm to 6 am), and 1 hour of a Dubai office day fall in Sydney's night.
Hour-by-hour table and common mistakes — 2 more sections
| Sydney | Dubai, January | Dubai, July |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 am | 5:00 pm (−1 day) | 6:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 1:00 am | 6:00 pm (−1 day) | 7:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 2:00 am | 7:00 pm (−1 day) | 8:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 3:00 am | 8:00 pm (−1 day) | 9:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 4:00 am | 9:00 pm (−1 day) | 10:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 5:00 am | 10:00 pm (−1 day) | 11:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 6:00 am | 11:00 pm (−1 day) | 12:00 am |
| 7:00 am | 12:00 am | 1:00 am |
| 8:00 am | 1:00 am | 2:00 am |
| 9:00 am | 2:00 am | 3:00 am |
| 10:00 am | 3:00 am | 4:00 am |
| 11:00 am | 4:00 am | 5:00 am |
| 12:00 pm | 5:00 am | 6:00 am |
| 1:00 pm | 6:00 am | 7:00 am |
| 2:00 pm | 7:00 am | 8:00 am |
| 3:00 pm | 8:00 am | 9:00 am |
| 4:00 pm | 9:00 am | 10:00 am |
| 5:00 pm | 10:00 am | 11:00 am |
| 6:00 pm | 11:00 am | 12:00 pm |
| 7:00 pm | 12:00 pm | 1:00 pm |
| 8:00 pm | 1:00 pm | 2:00 pm |
| 9:00 pm | 2:00 pm | 3:00 pm |
| 10:00 pm | 3:00 pm | 4:00 pm |
| 11:00 pm | 4:00 pm | 5:00 pm |
Common mistakes with Sydney and Dubai
- Forgetting that the gap changes even though Dubai never touches its clocks: Sydney does, so a meeting fixed in Dubai time moves by an hour for people in Sydney.
- Writing “GMT+11” all year for Sydney. In summer the zone is Australian Eastern Standard Time; calendar apps handle it, but a typed time in an email can be read the wrong way.
Questions
- Is Dubai ahead of Sydney?
- Dubai is 7 hours behind Sydney in January and 6 hours behind Sydney in July.
- What is a good time for a meeting between Sydney and Dubai?
- With 9-to-5 days in both cities, 3:00 pm–5:00 pm Sydney time is inside working hours in both, which gives 2 hours. The window can shift by an hour in the weeks when only one city has changed its clocks.
- Does the time difference between Sydney and Dubai change?
- Yes. Dubai is 7 hours behind Sydney for about 6 months of the year. Dubai is 6 hours behind Sydney for about 6 months of the year.
Related time differences
- New York and SydneySydney ahead by 14–16 hours · no shared office hours
- London and SydneySydney ahead by 9–11 hours · no shared office hours
- Sydney and SingaporeSingapore behind by 2–3 hours · 6 hours of shared office time
- Sydney and BrisbaneBrisbane behind by 0–1 hours · 8 hours of shared office time
- Los Angeles and SydneySydney ahead by 17–19 hours · 3 hours of shared office time
- Sydney and MelbourneSame clock time · 8 hours of shared office time
- Sydney and VancouverVancouver behind by 17–19 hours · 3 hours of shared office time
- Sydney and AdelaideAdelaide behind by 30 minutes · 7 hours 30 minutes of shared office time
- Sydney and AucklandAuckland ahead by 2 hours · 6 hours of shared office time
- Sydney and TokyoTokyo behind by 1–2 hours · 7 hours of shared office time
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