What time is it in Beijing?
01:42:08
Saturday 14 November 2026
- Beijing, China
- Time zone UTC+08:00
- No daylight saving time
- Sunrise 06:57 · sunset 16:59
Time difference with Beijing
Beijing is on UTC+08:00 right now: 8 hours ahead of UTC all year round.
| City | Time | Compared with Beijing |
|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 17:42 | 8 hours behind |
| New York United States | 12:42 | 13 hours behind |
| Los Angeles United States | 09:42 | 16 hours behind |
| Paris France | 18:42 | 7 hours behind |
| Berlin Germany | 18:42 | 7 hours behind |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 21:42 | 4 hours behind |
| New Delhi India | 23:12 | 2 h 30 min behind |
| Singapore Singapore | 01:42 | same time |
| Hong Kong Hong Kong | 01:42 | same time |
| Tokyo Japan | 02:42 | 1 hour ahead |
| Sydney Australia | 04:42 | 3 hours ahead |
| São Paulo Brazil | 14:42 | 11 hours behind |
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France – China time difference · Paris – Beijing time difference
Daylight saving time in Beijing
Beijing does not change its clocks: UTC+08:00 all year round.
History of local time in Beijing
| Period | Legal time |
|---|---|
| since 15 September 1991 | UTC+8 all year round |
| 1986 – 1991 | UTC+8, summer time UTC+9 |
| 1949 – 1985 | UTC+8 all year round |
| until 1948 | UTC+8, summer time UTC+9 |
Official time zone (IANA database): Asia/Shanghai. Daylight saving time around the world
Upcoming eclipses visible from Beijing
Nearby places
Nearest time zone border: 682 km away, Sinuiju (North Korea) is 1 hour ahead of Beijing all year round.
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Daxing | 20 km |
| Tongzhou | 23 km |
| Mentougou | 26 km |
| Liangxiang | 30 km |
| Shunyi | 32 km |
| Changping | 37 km |
| Fangshan | 42 km |
| Langfang | 51 km |
Day and night around the world
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Sun and Moon in Beijing
- Sunrise
- 06:57
- Sunset
- 16:59
- Day length
- 10 h 1 min
- Tomorrow
- −2 min
Dawn 06:29, dusk 17:28, solar noon 11:58. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (9 h 20 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (15 hours).
Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 04:45 (8 June 2027), latest at 07:36 (3 January 2027); earliest sunset at 16:49 (2 December 2026), latest at 19:47 (26 June 2027).
Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 23 % illuminated
Moonrise 11:25 · moonset 20:36 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 19:47 · moon calendar
Other cities in China
Good to know about the time in Beijing
Beijing sets the time for the whole of China: UTC+8 all year round, with no daylight saving time. Yet the country spans the equivalent of five time zones: in Kashgar, in the far west, the sun rises at the winter solstice around 10:12 Beijing time. In Xinjiang, many people unofficially live by a local time that is 2 hours behind Beijing.
China used daylight saving time from 1986 to 1991, then abandoned it. Beijing is 7 hours ahead of Paris in winter and 6 hours ahead in summer. Paris – Beijing time difference · Time in Shanghai