Typical Working Hours in Australia

Standard office hours in Australia run 9:00–17:00, averaging 38 hours per week. Below you'll find scheduling tips, timezone context, and a live overlap planner with London.

• Australians have a strong work-life balance culture — emails outside of 9:00–17:30 AEST are often not expected.
• Australia observes daylight saving in most states (Oct–Apr), which shifts the gap with Europe and the US.
• Sydney (AEDT/AEST) is 10–11 hours ahead of London, making direct overlap nearly impossible in standard hours.
• The best window for AU–EU calls is early morning Sydney time (8:00–9:00 AEDT) = late afternoon London.
• Public holidays vary by state; note Australia Day (Jan 26) and Easter can stretch to 4-day weekends.

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