Current Time in China
Time and Sun Facts for China
- Local time
- 2:16 am
- Date
- Sunday, 25 October 2026
- Time zone
Asia/Shanghai- UTC offset
- UTC+8
- Daylight saving
- Not observed here — the offset is the same all year
Time in China
China uses CST (UTC+8) for the locations in this directory.
China does not currently change this zone seasonally; its UTC offset remains fixed unless the law or time-zone database is updated.
Current and seasonal UTC offsets
| IANA zone | Current | Standard | Daylight | Next change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Asia/Shanghai | UTC+8 | UTC+8 | Not used | No seasonal change |
Coverage Across China
The directory currently includes 14 cities in China. Each city keeps its own coordinates and IANA time zone, so the clocks and solar calculations on the linked pages are tied to that location rather than copied from the capital.
Within this city set, Harbin is the furthest north and Shenzhen the furthest south, a latitude span of about 23.3°. That geographic separation is why day length, dawn and sunset can differ even when the civil clock is the same.
Urumqi and Harbin are the east-west extremes represented here, about 38.9° of longitude apart. Longitude changes when the sun reaches local noon and the horizon, so one sunrise, sunset or prayer timetable should not be reused for every city.
Cities in China
More Clocks and Time Zones
the current time in China has its own page so it can be linked to directly. world clock and time zones is the way in to everywhere else on the site.