London to Melbourne: time difference and best times to meet
Melbourne is 11 hours ahead of London. There is no overlap between a normal working day in each city, so one side has to take the call outside working hours.
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London and Melbourne time difference
This live comparison uses the current time-zone rules for both cities, so it reflects daylight-saving changes as well as the usual London and Melbourne clock gap. Set your working hours below to see the practical overlap before proposing a meeting.
Hour-by-hour overlap
Each row is one hour of the London day and the matching hour in Melbourne. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| London | Melbourne | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 11am | Working hours in Melbourne only |
| 1am | 12pm | Working hours in Melbourne only |
| 2am | 1pm | Working hours in Melbourne only |
| 3am | 2pm | Working hours in Melbourne only |
| 4am | 3pm | Working hours in Melbourne only |
| 5am | 4pm | Working hours in Melbourne only |
| 6am | 5pm | Working hours in Melbourne only |
| 9am | 8pm | Working hours in London only |
| 10am | 9pm | Working hours in London only |
| 11am | 10pm | Working hours in London only |
| 12pm | 11pm | Working hours in London only |
| 1pm | 12am | Working hours in London only |
| 2pm | 1am | Working hours in London only |
| 3pm | 2am | Working hours in London only |
| 4pm | 3am | Working hours in London only |
| 5pm | 4am | Working hours in London only |
| 10pm | 9am | Working hours in Melbourne only |
| 11pm | 10am | Working hours in Melbourne only |
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, March 28, 2027 — Melbourne goes from 11 hours ahead of to 10 hours ahead of London.
- Sunday, April 4, 2027 — Melbourne goes from 10 hours ahead of to 9 hours ahead of London.
- Sunday, October 3, 2027 — Melbourne goes from 9 hours ahead of to 10 hours ahead of London.
- Sunday, October 31, 2027 — Melbourne goes from 10 hours ahead of to 11 hours ahead of London.
Recurring meetings set as a fixed clock time in one city will move by an hour for the other on these dates.
Public holidays to avoid
Dates where one side is off work while the other is not are the most common cause of no-shows on this route.
- Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — Melbourne Cup — Melbourne is off, London is working.
- Monday, November 30, 2026 — Saint Andrew's Day — London is off, Melbourne is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day and Christmas Day; both cities are off.
- Monday, December 28, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day and St. Stephen's Day; both cities are off.
London and Melbourne have no shared working hours, so a recurring live meeting always costs someone their morning or their evening. Rotating the burden, or moving the update to written form, is usually the better answer.
Sending a booking link avoids the arithmetic entirely: each side picks a time in their own zone and both calendars get the correct local time, including after a daylight-saving change. See how LemCall handles cross-timezone bookings.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the time difference between London and Melbourne?
- Melbourne is currently 11 hours ahead of London. That changes to 10 hours ahead of on Sunday, March 28, 2027, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between London and Melbourne?
- There is no hour where both cities are inside normal working hours, so one side has to take the call early or late.
- How many hours do London and Melbourne overlap?
- Zero, on a standard 9–18 working day in each city.
- Does daylight saving change the London–Melbourne gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 4 times: Sunday, March 28, 2027 (11 hours ahead of becomes 10 hours ahead of); Sunday, April 4, 2027 (10 hours ahead of becomes 9 hours ahead of); Sunday, October 3, 2027 (9 hours ahead of becomes 10 hours ahead of); Sunday, October 31, 2027 (10 hours ahead of becomes 11 hours ahead of).
- Are there public holidays that affect London–Melbourne meetings?
- Yes. The next is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — a public holiday where Melbourne is, but a normal working day in London.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for London
- London ↔ Los Angeles1 hours of overlap
- London ↔ San Francisco1 hours of overlap
- London ↔ Singapore1 hours of overlap
- London ↔ Hong Kong1 hours of overlap
- London ↔ Shanghai1 hours of overlap
- London ↔ TokyoNo working-hours overlap
- London ↔ SeoulNo working-hours overlap
- London ↔ SydneyNo working-hours overlap
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved