§ 01CN · Asia-Pacific
Shanghai
China
All of mainland China operates on a single time — UTC+8, Beijing Time — despite spanning five geographic zones. Shanghai is the financial capital; the SSE opens at 09:30 CST. National holidays such as Chinese New Year and Golden Week pause most commerce for a week or more.
Shanghai · 1 Hz pulse
§ 02Day & business hours
Solar arc · UTC11h 33m of light
Sunrise
21:53 UTC
Solar noon
03:40 UTC
Sunset
09:27 UTC
Computed via NOAA solar equations for today's date. Local clock times shown below convert the UTC arc into Asia/Shanghai.
Local solar times
- Sunrise
- 05:53
- Solar noon
- 11:40
- Sunset
- 17:27
- Day length
- 11h 33m
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
+22°C
Partly cloudy
Feels like
23°
Wind
5 km/h NW
Humidity
86%
Pressure
1,017 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
- China Standard Time (GMT+8)
- UTC offset
- UTC+08:00
- IANA identifier
- Asia/Shanghai
- Daylight saving (2026)
- Shanghai 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−3 h
Hours are Shanghai's current offset relative to each city, daylight saving included.
§ 06Frequently asked
- What time zone is Shanghai in?
- Shanghai is in the China Standard Time zone (GMT+8), currently UTC+08:00.
- Does Shanghai observe daylight saving time?
- Shanghai does not observe daylight saving time and stays on GMT+8 (UTC+08:00) all year.
- What is Shanghai's UTC offset right now?
- Shanghai is currently UTC+08:00 (GMT+8).
- What is the time difference between Shanghai and London?
- Shanghai is 7 hours ahead of London right now.
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