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🇦🇺 Sydney (UTC+11) · 🇨🇳 Shanghai (UTC+8) · 3 hours difference — Sydney is ahead
Best Time to Meet
🇦🇺 12:00–17:00 in Sydney = 🇨🇳 09:00–14:00 in Shanghai5 hours of overlap within standard business hours (09:00–17:00)
24-Hour Schedule
| City | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
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| 🇦🇺 Sydney | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 |
| 🇨🇳 Shanghai | 08:00 | 09:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 12:00 | 13:00 | 14:00 | 15:00 | 16:00 | 17:00 | 18:00 | 19:00 | 20:00 | 21:00 | 22:00 | 23:00 | 00:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 03:00 | 04:00 | 05:00 | 06:00 | 07:00 |
Quick Reference
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Open Meeting Planner →Both cities run on finance and technology, so most calls between Sydney and Shanghai are between people in the same trade. The gap is 3 hours, with Sydney the one whose clock reads later.
The working week is Monday to Friday on both sides: roughly 09:00–17:30 in Sydney and 09:00–18:00 in Shanghai. On the Sydney side the dates that break a schedule are Australia Day (26 January) and Anzac Day (25 April); on the Shanghai side, Chinese New Year (seven days in January or February) and National Day Golden Week (1–7 October).
Book between 12:00–17:00 in Sydney (09:00–14:00 in Shanghai); 5 hours of overlap means neither side takes the call early or late. Only Sydney changes its clocks, so the gap shifts by an hour twice a year while Shanghai stays put.
Sydney is 3 hours ahead of Shanghai. The gap changes by an hour around the clock changes.
12:00–17:00 Sydney time, which is 09:00–14:00 in Shanghai — the 5-hour stretch when both are inside 09:00–17:00.
Only Sydney does. The gap shifts by an hour twice a year while Shanghai stays on the same offset.
The ones that most often surprise the other side are Australia Day (26 January) and Anzac Day (25 April) in Sydney and Chinese New Year (seven days in January or February) and National Day Golden Week (1–7 October) in Shanghai.
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