Shanghai Time Zone Converter

Time Zone Converter for Shanghai

Shanghai keeps CST, UTC+8 in November 2026. All of mainland China officially keeps Beijing Time (China Standard Time, UTC+8), a single zone for a country that spans about five geographical time zones. China has not used daylight saving time since 1991, so its offset never moves.

Facts that change the answer

• Time zone: Asia/Shanghai (CST, UTC+8 in November 2026)
• Daylight saving: none; the offset stays the same all year
• Solar noon on 10 November 2026: 11:38 AM local clock time (longitude 121.46°)
• 9:00 AM on Tuesday 10 November 2026 in Shanghai = 8:00 PM the previous day in New York, 1:00 AM in London, 6:30 AM in Mumbai, 10:00 AM in Tokyo
• Same 9:00 AM on 13 July 2027: 9:00 PM New York, 2:00 AM London, 6:30 AM Mumbai, 10:00 AM Tokyo

Worked example for Shanghai

If both offices work 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Shanghai and London share no overlap at all on 10 November 2026, when Shanghai is 8 hours ahead of London. On 13 July 2027 Shanghai is 7 hours ahead of London, so the shared window becomes 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM in Shanghai.

On 21 December 2026 the sun rises in Shanghai at about 6:48 AM and sets at 4:55 PM (10 h 7 min of daylight). On 21 June 2027 it rises at 4:50 AM and sets at 7:00 PM (14 h 10 min). Because Shanghai lies about 6 minutes east of the meridian its clock is based on, solar noon falls before 12:00 by that much, before the equation of time is added.

Nearby, Pudong (5 km away) shares the same clock; Suzhou (83 km away) shares the same clock; Wuxi (118 km away) shares the same clock (straight-line, GeoNames). Coordinates of Shanghai: 31.22°, 121.46°, elevation 12 m.

Sources: IANA time zone database · GeoNames. Checked 5 November 2026. For how the maths works, see the Time Zone Converter guide.