§ 01HK · Asia-Pacific
Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR
Hong Kong sits at UTC+8 year-round, no DST. The Hang Seng opens at 09:30 with a midday break. It is the natural bridge between mainland Chinese markets and global capital, and its business day overlaps comfortably with Singapore, Tokyo and London openings.
Hong Kong · 1 Hz pulse
§ 02Day & business hours
Solar arc · UTC12h 09m of light
Sunrise
22:11 UTC
Solar noon
04:16 UTC
Sunset
10:20 UTC
Computed via NOAA solar equations for today's date. Local clock times shown below convert the UTC arc into Asia/Hong_Kong.
Local solar times
- Sunrise
- 06:11
- Solar noon
- 12:16
- Sunset
- 18:20
- Day length
- 12h 09m
Conventional business hours
09:00—18:00
Approximate local convention; individual organisations vary significantly.
§ 03Conditions · live
Current
weather.
Live reading from Apple Weather, cached one hour at the edge. Temperature in °C, wind in km/h.
Conditions · liveNight
+27°C
Mostly cloudy
Feels like
28°
Wind
6 km/h E
Humidity
84%
Pressure
1,014 mb
UV index · 0Visibility · 17 km
Weather · Apple Weather§ 04Time zone & daylight saving
The facts, computed.
Read live from the IANA time-zone database — never hand-typed, so it can't go stale.
- Time zone
- Hong Kong Standard Time (GMT+8)
- UTC offset
- UTC+08:00
- IANA identifier
- Asia/Hong_Kong
- Daylight saving (2026)
- Hong Kong does not observe daylight saving time and stays on GMT+8 (UTC+08:00) all year.
§ 05Time difference from major cities
London+7 h
New York+12 h
Tokyo−1 h
Dubai+4 h
Singaporesame
Sydney−2 h
Hours are Hong Kong's current offset relative to each city, daylight saving included.
§ 06Frequently asked
- What time zone is Hong Kong in?
- Hong Kong is in the Hong Kong Standard Time zone (GMT+8), currently UTC+08:00.
- Does Hong Kong observe daylight saving time?
- Hong Kong does not observe daylight saving time and stays on GMT+8 (UTC+08:00) all year.
- What is Hong Kong's UTC offset right now?
- Hong Kong is currently UTC+08:00 (GMT+8).
- What is the time difference between Hong Kong and London?
- Hong Kong is 7 hours ahead of London right now.
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