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🇦🇺 Sydney (UTC+11) · 🇨🇳 Beijing (UTC+8) · 3 hours difference — Sydney is ahead
Best Time to Meet
🇦🇺 12:00–17:00 in Sydney = 🇨🇳 09:00–14:00 in Beijing5 hours of overlap within standard business hours (09:00–17:00)
24-Hour Schedule
| City | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
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| 🇦🇺 Sydney | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 |
| 🇨🇳 Beijing | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 |
Quick Reference
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Open Meeting Planner →Sydney and Beijing share finance and technology as core industries, which is where the traffic between them comes from. The gap is 3 hours, with Sydney the one whose clock reads later.
Both cities work Monday to Friday, Sydney typically 09:00–17:30 and Beijing 09:00–18:00 local time. Watch for Australia Day (26 January) and Anzac Day (25 April) in Sydney and Chinese New Year (seven days in January or February) and National Day Golden Week (1–7 October) in Beijing. Replies slow in Sydney during Christmas to the end of January, the summer holidays and in Beijing during the Chinese New Year fortnight and the October Golden Week.
Book between 12:00–17:00 in Sydney (09:00–14:00 in Beijing); 5 hours of overlap means neither side takes the call early or late. Only Sydney changes its clocks, so the gap shifts by an hour twice a year while Beijing stays put.
Sydney is 3 hours ahead of Beijing. The gap changes by an hour around the clock changes.
12:00–17:00 Sydney time, which is 09:00–14:00 in Beijing — the 5-hour stretch when both are inside 09:00–17:00.
Only Sydney does. The gap shifts by an hour twice a year while Beijing stays on the same offset.
The ones that most often surprise the other side are Australia Day (26 January) and Anzac Day (25 April) in Sydney and Chinese New Year (seven days in January or February) and National Day Golden Week (1–7 October) in Beijing.
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