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Time in Beijing, China now

02:48:27AM

Friday, September 25, 2026

Sun: ↑ 06:05AM ↓ 06:08PM (12h 3m) - More info - Make Beijing time default - Remove from favourite locations

Time zone info for Beijing

UTC +8

China Standard Time (CST)
now 12 hours ahead of New York

The time in Beijing is 13 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 12 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Beijing does not change between summer time and winter time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Beijing is Asia/Shanghai.

Time difference
from Beijing

Los Angeles	−15 hours	−15 hours
Chicago	−13 hours	−13 hours
New York	−12 hours	−12 hours
Toronto	−12 hours	−12 hours
São Paulo	−11 hours	−11 hours
UTC	−8 hours	−8 hours
Lagos	−7 hours	−7 hours
London	−7 hours	−7 hours
Johannesburg	−6 hours	−6 hours
Paris	−6 hours	−6 hours
Zurich	−6 hours	−6 hours
Cairo	−5 hours	−5 hours
Istanbul	−5 hours	−5 hours
Moscow	−5 hours	−5 hours
Dubai	−4 hours	−4 hours
Mumbai	−2.5 hours	−2.5 hours
Hong Kong	0
Shanghai	0
Singapore	0
Tokyo	+1 hours
Sydney	+2 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Beijing

Sunrise: 06:05AM
Sunset: 06:08PM
Day length: 12h 3m
Solar noon: 12:06PM
The current local time in Beijing is 6 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.