New York to Sydney: time difference and best times to meet
Sydney is 16 hours ahead of New York. Their working days overlap for 1 hour, from 5pm to 6pm in New York (9am–10am in Sydney). The best time to schedule is 5pm New York time, which is 9am in Sydney.
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New York and Sydney 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 New York and Sydney 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 New York day and the matching hour in Sydney. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| New York | Sydney | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 4pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 1am | 5pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 9am | 1am | Working hours in New York only |
| 10am | 2am | Working hours in New York only |
| 11am | 3am | Working hours in New York only |
| 12pm | 4am | Working hours in New York only |
| 1pm | 5am | Working hours in New York only |
| 2pm | 6am | Working hours in New York only |
| 3pm | 7am | Working hours in New York only |
| 4pm | 8am | Working hours in New York only |
| 5pm | 9am | Both cities at work |
| 6pm | 10am | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 7pm | 11am | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 8pm | 12pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 9pm | 1pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 10pm | 2pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 11pm | 3pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
Best times to propose
- 1. 5pm in New York · 9am in Sydney — Right at the edge of someone's day
Avoid 12am New York time and 1am New York time — only the other city is at work.
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, March 14, 2027 — Sydney goes from 16 hours ahead of to 15 hours ahead of New York.
- Sunday, April 4, 2027 — Sydney goes from 15 hours ahead of to 14 hours ahead of New York.
- Sunday, October 3, 2027 — Sydney goes from 14 hours ahead of to 15 hours ahead of New York.
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 — Sydney is off, New York is working.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Veterans Day — New York is off, Sydney is working.
- Thursday, November 26, 2026 — Thanksgiving Day — New York is off, Sydney is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day and Christmas Day; both cities are off.
- Monday, December 28, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — Sydney is off, New York is working.
With 1 shared working hours, New York and Sydney can run standing meetings without anyone giving up an evening — as long as the slot sits inside that window on both sides of the next clock change.
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 New York and Sydney?
- Sydney is currently 16 hours ahead of New York. That changes to 15 hours ahead of on Sunday, March 14, 2027, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between New York and Sydney?
- 5pm in New York, which is 9am in Sydney. Right at the edge of someone's day.
- How many hours do New York and Sydney overlap?
- 1 hours, from 5pm to 6pm New York time (9am–10am in Sydney).
- Does daylight saving change the New York–Sydney gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 3 times: Sunday, March 14, 2027 (16 hours ahead of becomes 15 hours ahead of); Sunday, April 4, 2027 (15 hours ahead of becomes 14 hours ahead of); Sunday, October 3, 2027 (14 hours ahead of becomes 15 hours ahead of).
- Are there public holidays that affect New York–Sydney meetings?
- Yes. The next is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — a public holiday where Sydney is, but a normal working day in New York.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for New York
- New York ↔ MumbaiNo working-hours overlap
- New York ↔ BangaloreNo working-hours overlap
- New York ↔ SingaporeNo working-hours overlap
- New York ↔ Hong KongNo working-hours overlap
- New York ↔ TokyoNo working-hours overlap
- New York ↔ SeoulNo working-hours overlap
- New York ↔ ShanghaiNo working-hours overlap
- New York ↔ Melbourne1 hours of overlap
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved