Melbourne is 9 to 11 hours ahead of London, depending on the time of year. If you are both awake 7 am to 11 pm, a January weekday gives you 8 hours awake at the same time, and 4 hours of those are outside a 9-to-5 for both of you (in July: 8 hours shared, 2 hours free). Here are the good ones.
Melbourne is 11 hours ahead of London that week. On a weekday you are both awake for 8 hours, and 4 hours of those are outside work for both of you.
Worked out for the week of 11 January 2027 (11 Jan – 17 Jan), in London time, with each zone’s own daylight-saving rules for those dates. Melbourne awake 7 am – 11 pm, working 9 am – 5 pm weekdays; London awake 7 am – 11 pm, working 9 am – 5 pm weekdays.
A weekday, in London timeboth awake
Londonawake 7 am – 11 pm
Melbourneawake 7 am – noon and 8 pm – 7 am London time
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Best on a weekday
7 – 9 am London
6 – 8 pm Melbourne · London morning, Melbourne early evening
Another weekday option
8 – 10 pm London
7 – 9 am Melbourne · London evening, Melbourne morning (their next day)
The long weekend call
Sat 8 – 11 am London
Sat 7 – 10 pm Melbourne · London morning, Melbourne evening
The week · London time, 11 Jan – 17 Jan
7a
8a
9a
10a
11a
12p
1p
2p
3p
4p
5p
6p
7p
8p
9p
10p
Mon
6p
7p
8p
9p
10p
11p
12a
1a
2a
3a
4a
5a
6a
7a
8a
9a
Tue
6p
7p
8p
9p
10p
11p
12a
1a
2a
3a
4a
5a
6a
7a
8a
9a
Wed
6p
7p
8p
9p
10p
11p
12a
1a
2a
3a
4a
5a
6a
7a
8a
9a
Thu
6p
7p
8p
9p
10p
11p
12a
1a
2a
3a
4a
5a
6a
7a
8a
9a
Fri
6p
7p
8p
9p
10p
11p
12a
1a
2a
3a
4a
5a
6a
7a
8a
9a
Sat
6p
7p
8p
9p
10p
11p
12a
1a
2a
3a
4a
5a
6a
7a
8a
9a
Sun
6p
7p
8p
9p
10p
11p
12a
1a
2a
3a
4a
5a
6a
7a
8a
9a
Columns are London hours; the small figure in each cell is the time in Melbourne. both freeboth awake, one at workMelbourne asleep
The Melbourne–London gap through 2027
Dates
Difference
1 January – 27 March
Melbourne is 11 hours ahead of London
28 March – 3 April
Melbourne is 10 hours ahead of London
4 April – 2 October
Melbourne is 9 hours ahead of London
3 October – 30 October
Melbourne is 10 hours ahead of London
31 October – 31 December
Melbourne is 11 hours ahead of London
The week grid and call windows were worked out for 11 Jan to 17 Jan 2027 with the IANA time-zone rules for Australia/Melbourne (Melbourne) and Europe/London (London). That week London is on standard time and Melbourne is on daylight-saving (summer) time. The table uses the same rules for every day of 2027. The finder above recalculates for the current week in your browser.
When it is … in London
In London
Melbourne, January
Melbourne, July
7 am
6 pm
4 pm
9 am
8 pm
6 pm
11 am
10 pm
8 pm
1 pm
midnight (next day)
10 pm
3 pm
2 am (next day)
midnight (next day)
5 pm
4 am (next day)
2 am (next day)
7 pm
6 am (next day)
4 am (next day)
9 pm
8 am (next day)
6 am (next day)
Wednesday times. Send times as “your 8 pm” or “my 8 pm” so nobody has to guess whose clock you mean.
Stop doing the math every day
The Long Goodbye keeps your person’s local time and time of day on your home-screen widget and lock screen, so you can see whether it is morning coffee or midnight in Melbourne before you call. A “thinking of you” tap lights up their widget, and a countdown keeps the next visit in view.
What is the time difference between Melbourne and London?
Melbourne is 9 to 11 hours ahead of London, depending on the time of year. In 2027 it is 11 hours from 1 January to 27 March and from 31 October to 31 December; 10 hours from 28 March to 3 April and from 3 October to 30 October; 9 hours from 4 April to 2 October.
What is the best time to call Melbourne from London?
In January, the easiest two hours on a weekday are 7 – 9 am London, which is 6 – 8 pm Melbourne: London morning, Melbourne early evening. At the weekend, Sat 8 – 11 am London (Sat 7 – 10 pm Melbourne) gives you a longer call. Change the awake and work hours in the finder on this page to fit your own days.
How many waking hours do Melbourne and London share?
If both of you are awake from 7 am to 11 pm, you share 8 hours on a January weekday, and 4 hours of them fall outside 9-to-5 working hours in both places; in July it is 8 hours shared and 2 hours free.
Does daylight saving time change the call times?
Yes. In 2027 London changes its clocks on 28 March and 31 October and Melbourne changes its clocks on 4 April and 3 October, so a call you keep at the same time in London moves by an hour in Melbourne on those dates. Check the table on this page and agree the new time out loud after each change.