What is AEST in HKT?

Hong Kong Time is 2 hours behind

Australian Eastern Time is on UTC+10:00 and Hong Kong Time is on UTC+8:00 right now. The gap changes during the year — see below.

Time in Sydney: 10:53:45 PM
Time in Hong Kong: 8:53:45 PM
Difference: −2 h
Next clock change: October 4, 2026

Convert a time

AEST — Australian Eastern Time

HKT — Hong Kong Time

8:00 pm

HKT, Fri

When the difference changes

Australian Eastern Time and Hong Kong Time do not change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap between them is not the same all year. Most converters show only today’s figure. These are the periods ahead:

Now – October 4, 2026Hong Kong Time is 2 hours behind
October 4, 2026 – April 4, 2027Hong Kong Time is 3 hours behind
April 4, 2027 – October 3, 2027Hong Kong Time is 2 hours behind
October 3, 2027 – onwardsHong Kong Time is 3 hours behind

Periods shorter than a day are not listed. Each zone changes at its own local time, so on a date when both move there are a few hours when the gap is briefly something else.

Daylight saving

Australian Eastern Time

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time, and the zone is on AEDT after that.

Hong Kong Time

No clock changes

Hong Kong Time stays on HKT all year, so its offset from UTC never moves.

AEST to HKT conversion table

Every hour of Friday, September 25, 2026, converted from Australian Eastern Time to Hong Kong Time. 2 of the 24 hours fall on a different calendar day in Hong Kong, which is marked.

12:00 am AEST: 10:00 pm HKT−1 day
1:00 am AEST: 11:00 pm HKT−1 day
2:00 am AEST: 12:00 am HKT
3:00 am AEST: 1:00 am HKT
4:00 am AEST: 2:00 am HKT
5:00 am AEST: 3:00 am HKT
6:00 am AEST: 4:00 am HKT
7:00 am AEST: 5:00 am HKT
8:00 am AEST: 6:00 am HKT
9:00 am AEST: 7:00 am HKT
10:00 am AEST: 8:00 am HKT
11:00 am AEST: 9:00 am HKT

12:00 pm AEST: 10:00 am HKT
1:00 pm AEST: 11:00 am HKT
2:00 pm AEST: 12:00 pm HKT
3:00 pm AEST: 1:00 pm HKT
4:00 pm AEST: 2:00 pm HKT
5:00 pm AEST: 3:00 pm HKT
6:00 pm AEST: 4:00 pm HKT
7:00 pm AEST: 5:00 pm HKT
8:00 pm AEST: 6:00 pm HKT
9:00 pm AEST: 7:00 pm HKT
10:00 pm AEST: 8:00 pm HKT
11:00 pm AEST: 9:00 pm HKT

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm AEST, which is 9:00 am to 4:00 pm HKT. Anything inside that window falls in the normal working day at both ends.

Australian Eastern Time (AEST) is used in Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane. Queensland stays on AEST all year while the southern states move to AEDT.