Timetate
A world clock on a live 3D globe, turned to Beijing.
China · GMT+8
Beijing runs on GMT+8. Add 8 hours to Coordinated Universal Time to get the current time in Beijing.
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24h schedule
Sunrise
06:08
Sunset
17:51
Beijing is located in China and uses the Asia/Shanghai timezone, currently GMT+8 from UTC. Beijing does not observe daylight saving time. Sunrise is at 06:08 and sunset at 17:51 local time. The coordinates of Beijing are 39.90°N, 116.41°E.
Today Beijing gets 11 hours 43 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 11:60, almost exactly when the clock says midday.
Right now Beijing shares its GMT+8 offset with Irkutsk, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan. Clocks in these places read the same, even where the calendar date differs.
Offices in Beijing work Monday to Friday, typically 09:00–18:00 local time. Lunch is usually 12:00–14:00, and a meeting proposed inside it will be moved. The city's economy runs on government, technology, finance and education, which is who you are most likely to be calling. A long lunch with a rest is normal, and the introductions in a first meeting matter more than the slides.
The dates that most often break a cross-border schedule are Chinese New Year (seven days in January or February), National Day Golden Week (1–7 October), Qingming (early April) and Dragon Boat Festival (June). Expect slow replies during the Chinese New Year fortnight and the October Golden Week.
| From | Gap | Call at (Beijing time) |
|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇩 Bali | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇧🇳 Bandar Seri Begawan | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇨🇳 Wuhan | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇬🇧 London | −8h | 15:00–20:00 (early or late for one side) |
| 🇺🇸 New York | −12h | 19:00–08:00 (early or late for one side) |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | same time | 09:00–17:00 |
| 🇦🇪 Dubai | −4h | 13:00–17:00 |
Office hours taken as 09:00–17:00 on both sides. A row opens the meeting page for the two cities where one exists, otherwise the converter.
Beijing is in the Asia/Shanghai timezone, currently GMT+8.
No. Beijing does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset is always GMT+8.
Beijing is currently GMT+8 from UTC (GMT+8).
Right now Beijing is 8 hours ahead of London and 12 hours ahead of New York. The gaps move by an hour when either side changes its clocks.
09:00 in Beijing is 01:00 UTC today, because the city is GMT+8 from UTC.
Today the sun rises in Beijing at 06:08 and sets at 17:51 local time. These times were calculated when this page was built and drift by a few minutes a week.
Times on this page were calculated on .
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