What time is it in China?
China: China Standard Time (CST, UTC+8). No daylight-saving change.
China uses China Standard Time (CST, UTC+8).
China does not use daylight saving. The UTC offset stays put all year.
When it is noon in China it is 11 p.m. in New York in January, and midnight in New York in July. When it is noon in China it is 4 a.m. in London in January, and 5 a.m. in London in July. When it is noon in China it is 1 p.m. in Tokyo in January.
China is about 14 minutes of solar time west of the China Standard Time meridian. Winter sunrises run later than in towns farther east that share the same offset.
Sunrise and sunset in China
A typical mid-January day in China has sunrise around 7:35 a.m. and sunset around 5:13 p.m. (9 h 38 m of daylight). Mid-June stretches to about 4:46 a.m.–7:45 p.m. (14 h 59 m).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:35 a.m. | 5:13 p.m. | 9 h 38 m |
| February | 7:09 a.m. | 5:49 p.m. | 10 h 40 m |
| March | 6:28 a.m. | 6:20 p.m. | 11 h 52 m |
| April | 5:39 a.m. | 6:51 p.m. | 13 h 13 m |
| May | 5:01 a.m. | 7:22 p.m. | 14 h 21 m |
| June | 4:46 a.m. | 7:45 p.m. | 14 h 59 m |
| July | 4:58 a.m. | 7:43 p.m. | 14 h 45 m |
| August | 5:26 a.m. | 7:14 p.m. | 13 h 48 m |
| September | 5:55 a.m. | 6:27 p.m. | 12 h 32 m |
| October | 6:24 a.m. | 5:38 p.m. | 11 h 14 m |
| November | 6:59 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | 10 h 02 m |
| December | 7:29 a.m. | 4:51 p.m. | 9 h 22 m |
Mid-month local times for 2026. Hills, weather, and the exact street change what you see by a few minutes.
Cities in China
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