Sydney to Toronto: time difference and best times to meet
Toronto is 16 hours behind Sydney. Their working days overlap for 1 hour, from 9am to 10am in Sydney (5pm–6pm in Toronto). The best time to schedule is 9am Sydney time, which is 5pm in Toronto.
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Sydney and Toronto 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 Sydney and Toronto 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 Sydney day and the matching hour in Toronto. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Sydney | Toronto | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 1am | 9am | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 2am | 10am | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 3am | 11am | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 4am | 12pm | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 5am | 1pm | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 6am | 2pm | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 7am | 3pm | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 8am | 4pm | Working hours in Toronto only |
| 9am | 5pm | Both cities at work |
| 10am | 6pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 11am | 7pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 12pm | 8pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 1pm | 9pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 2pm | 10pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 3pm | 11pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 4pm | 12am | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 5pm | 1am | Working hours in Sydney only |
Best times to propose
- 1. 9am in Sydney · 5pm in Toronto — Right at the edge of someone's day
Avoid 1am Sydney time and 2am Sydney time — only the other city is at work.
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, March 14, 2027 — Toronto goes from 16 hours behind to 15 hours behind Sydney.
- Sunday, April 4, 2027 — Toronto goes from 15 hours behind to 14 hours behind Sydney.
- Sunday, October 3, 2027 — Toronto goes from 14 hours behind to 15 hours behind Sydney.
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, Toronto is working.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Remembrance Day — Toronto is off, Sydney is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day and Christmas Day; both cities are off.
- Saturday, December 26, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — Toronto is off, Sydney is working.
- Monday, December 28, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — Sydney is off, Toronto is working.
With 1 shared working hours, Sydney and Toronto 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 Sydney and Toronto?
- Toronto is currently 16 hours behind Sydney. That changes to 15 hours behind on Sunday, March 14, 2027, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between Sydney and Toronto?
- 9am in Sydney, which is 5pm in Toronto. Right at the edge of someone's day.
- How many hours do Sydney and Toronto overlap?
- 1 hours, from 9am to 10am Sydney time (5pm–6pm in Toronto).
- Does daylight saving change the Sydney–Toronto gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 3 times: Sunday, March 14, 2027 (16 hours behind becomes 15 hours behind); Sunday, April 4, 2027 (15 hours behind becomes 14 hours behind); Sunday, October 3, 2027 (14 hours behind becomes 15 hours behind).
- Are there public holidays that affect Sydney–Toronto meetings?
- Yes. The next is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — a public holiday where Sydney is, but a normal working day in Toronto.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Sydney
- Sydney ↔ DublinNo working-hours overlap
- Sydney ↔ ParisNo working-hours overlap
- Sydney ↔ BerlinNo working-hours overlap
- Sydney ↔ MadridNo working-hours overlap
- Sydney ↔ AmsterdamNo working-hours overlap
- Sydney ↔ StockholmNo working-hours overlap
- Sydney ↔ Dubai2 hours of overlap
- Sydney ↔ New York1 hours of overlap
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved