What is HKT in AEST?

Australian Eastern Time is 2 hours ahead

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

Time in Hong Kong: 8:53:37 PM
Time in Sydney: 10:53:37 PM
Difference: +2 h
Next clock change: October 4, 2026

Convert a time

HKT — Hong Kong Time

AEST — Australian Eastern Time

10:00 pm

AEST, Fri

When the difference changes

Hong Kong Time and Australian Eastern 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, 2026Australian Eastern Time is 2 hours ahead
October 4, 2026 – April 4, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 3 hours ahead
April 4, 2027 – October 3, 2027Australian Eastern Time is 2 hours ahead
October 3, 2027 – onwardsAustralian Eastern Time is 3 hours ahead

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

Hong Kong Time

No clock changes

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

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.

HKT to AEST conversion table

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

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

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

Scheduling between the two

Working hours overlap from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm HKT, which is 11:00 am to 6:00 pm AEST. 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.