What time is it in Lhasa?
01:42:13
Saturday 14 November 2026
- Lhasa, China
- Time zone UTC+08:00
- No daylight saving time
- Sunrise 08:19 · sunset 19:00
Time difference with Lhasa
Lhasa is on UTC+08:00 right now: 8 hours ahead of UTC all year round.
| City | Time | Compared with Lhasa |
|---|---|---|
| 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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Daylight saving time in Lhasa
Lhasa does not change its clocks: UTC+08:00 all year round.
History of local time in Lhasa
| 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 Lhasa
Nearby places
Nearest time zone border: 258 km away, Punakha (Bhutan) is 2 hours behind Lhasa all year round.
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Chéngguān Qū | 6 km |
| Doilungdêqên | 10 km |
| Dagzê | 24 km |
| Lhünzhub | 31 km |
| Quxu | 48 km |
| Dêqên | 51 km |
| Maizhokunggar | 64 km |
| Lhoka | 79 km |
Day and night around the world
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Sun and Moon in Lhasa
- Sunrise
- 08:19
- Sunset
- 19:00
- Day length
- 10 h 41 min
- Tomorrow
- −1 min
Dawn 07:53, dusk 19:26, solar noon 13:39. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (10 h 14 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (14 h 3 min).
Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 06:54 (6 June 2027), latest at 08:51 (4 January 2027); earliest sunset at 18:56 (25 November 2026), latest at 21:00 (30 June 2027).
Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 23 % illuminated
Moonrise 12:37 · moonset 22:52 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 19:47 · moon calendar
Other cities in China
Good to know about the time in Lhasa
Lhasa is on Beijing time, UTC+8 all year round, like the whole of China.
Yet the city is more than 2,500 kilometres west of Beijing: the sun is at its highest there around 13:56 (mean solar noon), and at the winter solstice it does not rise until around 08:46. Nepal, on the other side of the Himalayas, is 2 h 15 min behind Lhasa.