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San Francisco and Sydney Time Difference

San Francisco is 17h behind Sydney

San Francisco
San Francisco

Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)

09:23:52

Sunday, April 5, 2026

United States · America/Los_Angeles · PDT

Sydney
Sydney

Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)

02:23:52

Monday, April 6, 2026

Australia · Australia/Sydney · GMT+10

Best time for work calls

If you are scheduling a call between San Francisco and Sydney, the overlap window is limited to typical business hours. When it is 4 pm in San Francisco it is 9 am in Sydney — a workable window for scheduling. The latest reasonable overlap is around 5 pm in San Francisco (10 am in Sydney). Outside this window there is effectively no good overlap for regular office hours.

Best time for family calls

San Francisco and Sydney have a comfortable window for a family call — no awkward alarms required. San Francisco is 17 hours behind Sydney, which gives you 4 hours of genuine overlap when both sides are free. Aim for between 6 pm and 10 pm in San Francisco — that lands at 11 am to 3 pm in Sydney, after the school run and before anyone's ready for bed. For a Sunday catch-up or a midweek check-in, this is the sweet spot.

San Francisco

  • Truman Day

  • Memorial Day

  • Juneteenth National Independence Day

Via Nager.Date

🌅 Dawn6:22:48 AM
☀️ Sunrise6:49:25 AM
🌞 Solar Noon1:13:27 PM
🌇 Golden Hour7:02:43 PM
🌆 Sunset7:37:29 PM
🌃 Dusk8:04:06 PM
Day length12:48:04

Data via sunrisesunset.io

Condition⛅ Partly cloudy
Temperature15°C
Feels like14°C
Humidity77%
Wind6 mph N

Data via Open-Meteo · Updates every 30 min

Phase🌖 Waning Gibbous
Illumination87%
CycleWaning
Moon age18.2 days
Moonrise22:46
Moonset08:28
New87% illuminatedFull

Sydney

  • Easter Sunday

  • Easter Monday

  • Anzac Day

Via Nager.Date

🌅 Dawn5:45:48 AM
☀️ Sunrise6:10:48 AM
🌞 Solar Noon11:58:52 AM
🌇 Golden Hour5:13:34 PM
🌆 Sunset5:46:56 PM
🌃 Dusk6:11:55 PM
Day length11:36:07

Data via sunrisesunset.io

Condition☁️ Overcast
Temperature14°C
Feels like15°C
Humidity92%
Wind1 mph W

Data via Open-Meteo · Updates every 30 min

Phase🌖 Waning Gibbous
Illumination87%
CycleWaning
Moon age18.2 days
Moonrise19:13
Moonset
New87% illuminatedFull

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