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Time Zone of China
Geographically, China covers five time zones (Zhongyuan Time Zone,
Longshu Time Zone, Tibet Time Zone, Kunlun Time Zone and Changbai
Time Zone). However, the standard times used in Chinese Mainland,
Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan Province are the same, for they are
all in the same time zone (UTC+8), 8 hours ahead of the Universal
Time Coordinated.
Beijing Time
For the unity, the whole China adopts Beijing Time as its standard
time, which is also in the time zone (GMT+8). Beijing Time is worked
out and released from the National Time Service Center, Pucheng
County, Shaanxi Province, which is geographically almost the center
of China. Unlike western countries, China now does not follow the
daylight saving time. For the current local times, please refer
to the The
World Clock.
World Time Difference to China
The time in China is 13 hours ahead of New York, 12 hours ahead
of Toronto, and 2 hours behind Melbourne. When Beijing is 12:00
at noon, the standard times in other main cities are as follows:
| City |
Time |
City |
Time |
City |
Time |
| Baghdad |
06:00 |
Helsinki |
06:00 |
Pyongyang |
13:00 |
| Bangkok |
11:00 |
Ho Chi Minh City |
11:00 |
Rangoon |
10:00 |
| Berlin |
05:30 |
Honolulu |
18:00 |
Rio de Janeiro |
01:00 |
| Berne |
05:00 |
Irkutsk |
12:00 |
Rome |
05:30 |
| Bombay |
09:30 |
Jakarta |
11:30 |
Rwanda |
05:00 |
| Brussels |
04:00 |
Karachi |
09:00 |
San Francisco |
20:00 |
| Bucharest |
06:00 |
Khartoum |
06:00 |
Santiago |
24:00 |
| Budapest |
05:00 |
Kuala Lumpur |
11:30 |
Seoul |
13:00 |
| Buenos Aires |
01:00 |
Leningrad |
07:00 |
Singapore |
11:30 |
| Cairo |
06:00 |
Lisbon |
04:00 |
Sofia |
06:00 |
| Calcutta |
09:00 |
London |
04:00 |
Stockholm |
05:00 |
| Cape Town |
06:00 |
Manila |
12:00 |
Surabaya |
11:30 |
| Casablanca |
04:00 |
Melbourne |
14:00 |
Sydney |
14:00 |
| Colombo |
09:30 |
Mexico City |
21:00 |
Teheran |
06:00 |
| Conakry |
04:00 |
Montreal |
23:00 |
Tirana |
05:00 |
| Copenhagen |
05:00 |
Moscow |
07:00 |
Tokyo |
13:00 |
| Damascus |
06:00 |
New Delhi |
09:30 |
Tunisia |
05:00 |
| Geneva |
05:00 |
New York |
23:00 |
Vancouver |
20:00 |
| Guatemala City |
22:00 |
Osaka |
13:00 |
Vienna |
05:00 |
| Haiphong |
11:00 |
Panama City |
23:00 |
Warsaw |
05:00 |
| Hanoi |
11:00 |
Paris |
04:00 |
Washington |
23:00 |
| Havana |
23:00 |
Prague |
05:00 |
Wellington |
16:00 |
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