HKT to AEDT Converter
Hong Kong and eastern Australia maintain a stable 3-hour gap during AEDT season (October to April), narrowing to 2 hours when Sydney reverts to AEST—one of the more workable cross-regional offsets in the APAC corridor. Hong Kong-based financial institutions, property investors, and trading firms use the full working-day overlap to coordinate with Sydney counterparts on real estate investment, equity listings, and commodity flows.
Time Zone Converter
Compare Times
| HKT | AEDT |
|---|
Morning
| HKT | AEDT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM HKT | 3:00 AM AEDT |
| 1:00 AM HKT | 4:00 AM AEDT |
| 2:00 AM HKT | 5:00 AM AEDT |
| 3:00 AM HKT | 6:00 AM AEDT |
| 4:00 AM HKT | 7:00 AM AEDT |
| 5:00 AM HKT | 8:00 AM AEDT |
| 6:00 AM HKT | 9:00 AM AEDT |
| 7:00 AM HKT | 10:00 AM AEDT |
| 8:00 AM HKT | 11:00 AM AEDT |
| 9:00 AM HKT | 12:00 PM AEDT |
| 10:00 AM HKT | 1:00 PM AEDT |
| 11:00 AM HKT | 2:00 PM AEDT |
Afternoon
| HKT | AEDT |
|---|---|
| 12:00 PM HKT | 3:00 PM AEDT |
| 1:00 PM HKT | 4:00 PM AEDT |
| 2:00 PM HKT | 5:00 PM AEDT |
| 3:00 PM HKT | 6:00 PM AEDT |
| 4:00 PM HKT | 7:00 PM AEDT |
Evening
| HKT | AEDT |
|---|---|
| 5:00 PM HKT | 8:00 PM AEDT |
| 6:00 PM HKT | 9:00 PM AEDT |
| 7:00 PM HKT | 10:00 PM AEDT |
| 8:00 PM HKT | 11:00 PM AEDT |
| 9:00 PM HKT | 12:00 AM AEDT |
| 10:00 PM HKT | 1:00 AM AEDT |
| 11:00 PM HKT | 2:00 AM AEDT |
Common Time Conversions
EST · New York →
CST · Chicago →
MST · Denver →
PST · Los Angeles →
AKST · Anchorage →
HST · Honolulu →
UTC · Universal →
GMT · London →
IST · New Delhi →
CET · Paris →
How Time Zone Conversion Works
Time zone conversion works by comparing the UTC offset of one location to another. Every city or region is measured relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which acts as the global reference point for civil time.
AEDT is 3 hours ahead of HKT (standard time).
Daylight Saving Time: AEDT observes DST; HKT does not. The offset between them shifts by 1 hour twice a year — in spring and autumn — when AEDT changes its clocks.
Best Meeting Times: HKT & AEDT
HKT
09:00–14:00
Hong Kong Time
AEDT
12:00–17:00
Eastern Australia Daylight Time
Recommended time: 11:30 HKT / 14:30 AEDT
DST schedule for 2026
Current-year daylight saving start and end dates for the selected zones.
HKT · Hong Kong Time
Standard offset +08:00
Hong Kong Time remains on a constant standard offset for the year.
Hong Kong has not observed DST since 1979.
AEDT · Eastern Australia Daylight Time
Standard offset +11:00
- Starts
- Oct 4, 2026 · 02:00 → 03:00
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- Ends
- Apr 5, 2026 · 03:00 → 02:00
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- Daylight time
- AEDT · +11:00
AEDT is the daylight-saving designation used in southeastern Australia; Queensland remains on AEST (UTC+10) year-round and is not represented by this code. Two Australian territories have unusual DST offsets: Lord Howe Island (NSW) uses UTC+10:30 in winter and UTC+11 in summer — the only jurisdiction in the world with a 30-minute DST shift; Norfolk Island uses UTC+11 in winter and UTC+12 in summer, following the same transition dates as eastern states.
Principal Cities
HKT — Hong Kong Time
- Hong KongHong Kong
- KowloonHong Kong
- Sha TinHong Kong
- Yuen LongHong Kong
AEDT — Eastern Australia Daylight Time
- SydneyAustralia
- MelbourneAustralia
- CanberraAustralia
- HobartAustralia
Flight Information
Route
HKG ↔ SYD
Avg. flight time
7h
Direct flights
Available
~7h direct flight.