Current time in Hobart, Australia
The current local time in Hobart is shown below. Hobart observes AEST in winter and AEDT during daylight saving time.
What's the daylight saving status?
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
What's the timezone history of Hobart?
Hobart keeps Australian Eastern Standard Time at UTC+10, shifting to UTC+11 over the southern summer like the mainland's eastern states. Its far-southern latitude gives Tasmania more pronounced seasonal variation in daylight than the rest of the country, with long summer evenings and short winter days, so daylight saving makes more practical sense here than in the tropical north, and the island has at times begun its summer clocks earlier than the mainland states.
What are the working hours in Hobart?
A small, government-centred economy is anchored by the state administration, the University of Tasmania, the Antarctic and marine-science institutions, and a tourism trade that has grown sharply since the opening of the Museum of Old and New Art. The working day runs broadly 09:00 to 17:00 on weekdays. The summer months draw the cruise ships and the festival season, while the main closures follow the Australian national holidays around Christmas and the southern summer. The convict-era heritage and the surrounding wilderness now draw a tourism trade that has reshaped the city.
Where is Hobart?
Hobart is the capital of Tasmania, the island state off the southern coast of Australia, set around a deep harbour on the estuary of the Derwent beneath the slopes of Mount Wellington. The metropolitan area holds around 250,000 people, making it the country's smallest and southernmost state capital. Founded as a colonial settlement and penal port in 1804, it sits closer to Antarctica than any other Australian capital and serves as a base for southern-ocean and Antarctic expeditions.