Current time in Perth, Australia
The current local time in Perth is shown below. Perth observes AWST.
Daylight saving time
Perth does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
Sunrise & sunset today
Timezone facts
- Timezone
- Australia/Perth
- Standard abbreviation
- AWST
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
Perth in context
Perth sits on the Swan River near the Indian Ocean coast in southwestern Australia, the capital of Western Australia and the most isolated major city in the world by distance to its nearest neighbour: Adelaide, the closest Australian city of comparable size, lies around 2,100 kilometres east across the Nullarbor Plain. The metropolitan area holds around 2.3 million residents, spread out along the coastal corridor.
Timezone history of Perth
Perth uses Australian Western Standard Time at UTC+8, the same offset as Singapore, Hong Kong, and Beijing. The state of Western Australia does not observe daylight saving, having repeatedly rejected the idea in referendums (most recently in 2009). The result is a year-round two-hour difference with Sydney during southern winter and a three-hour difference during southern summer, the largest internal timezone gap of any country with such a compact population distribution.
Working hours in Perth
Perth's working day runs 08:00 to 17:00, with the substantial mining services sector that anchors the city's economy operating to fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) schedules that move workers between Perth and remote sites for two-week rotations. Standard office hours apply in finance and law, with notable early starts to overlap with the financial centres of Sydney and Melbourne. The Indian Ocean coast position means closer business affinity with Singapore and Jakarta than is typical for an Australian city.