Current time · China
Current time in Shanghai
- Time zone
- Asia/Shanghai
- UTC offset
- UTC+8
- Name
- China Standard Time (CST)
- Daylight saving 2026
- no
Clock changes in 2026
Shanghai does not change its clocks in 2026 – it stays on UTC+8 all year.
Sun today
- Sunrise
- 6:10 AM
- Sunset
- 5:05 PM
- Day length
- 10 h 54 min
- Solar noon
- 11:37 AM
Civil dawn and dusk: 5:45 AM and 5:30 PM. Computed from the city’s coordinates (31.22, 121.46).
Time difference: Shanghai and other cities
| City | Now | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| London | −8 8 h behind | |
| New York | −13 13 h behind | |
| Los Angeles | −16 16 h behind | |
| Chicago | −14 14 h behind | |
| San Francisco | −16 16 h behind | |
| Toronto | −13 13 h behind | |
| Mexico City | −14 14 h behind | |
| São Paulo | −11 11 h behind | |
| Buenos Aires | −11 11 h behind | |
| Paris | −7 7 h behind | |
| Berlin | −7 7 h behind | |
| Amsterdam | −7 7 h behind | |
| Madrid | −7 7 h behind | |
| Rome | −7 7 h behind | |
| Warsaw | −7 7 h behind | |
| Kyiv | −6 6 h behind | |
| Moscow | −5 5 h behind | |
| Istanbul | −5 5 h behind | |
| Cairo | −6 6 h behind | |
| Lagos | −7 7 h behind | |
| Johannesburg | −6 6 h behind | |
| Nairobi | −5 5 h behind | |
| Dubai | −4 4 h behind | |
| Mumbai | −2:30 2 h 30 min behind | |
| New Delhi | −2:30 2 h 30 min behind | |
| Bangkok | −1 1 h behind | |
| Jakarta | −1 1 h behind | |
| Singapore | ±0 same time | |
| Hong Kong | ±0 same time | |
| Beijing | ±0 same time | |
| Seoul | +1 1 h ahead | |
| Tokyo | +1 1 h ahead | |
| Sydney | +3 3 h ahead | |
| Auckland | +5 5 h ahead | |
| Honolulu | −18 18 h behind |
Plus – it is later there than here, minus – earlier. Plan a meeting with this city
In short
Shanghai is in the Asia/Shanghai time zone of the IANA database. The current offset is UTC+8. Clocks here are 8 h ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Population: about 24,874,500 (GeoNames).