Australia

The country calling code for Australia is +61. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Australia number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Australia is assigned AU as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and AUS as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Australia is .au. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Australia is the Australian dollar, with the ISO 4217 code AUD and the symbol $. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Australia are quoted in AUD. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Australia is +05:00, currently UTC+05:00. This country spans multiple time zones. The clock above shows the primary time zone, so local time elsewhere in Australia may differ. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Australia is Canberra. Australia sits in Oceania, specifically the Australia and New Zealand subregion. Its approximate centre point is -27.00000000, 133.00000000. Traffic in Australia drives on the left. Languages recorded for Australia: English.

No land borders are recorded for Australia in this dataset, which is typical of island states and territories. The nearby page still ranks the closest countries by straight-line distance.