Time in Shanghai
Shanghai runs on Asia/Shanghai, currently UTC+8. Its clocks never change, so that offset holds all year.
Shanghai, China
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Abbreviation
- —
- Standard offset
- UTC+8
- Daylight offset
- —
- Country
- China (CN)
- Coordinates
- 31.23, 121.47
Daylight saving time
This city does not observe daylight saving time. Its offset from UTC is the same on every day of the year.
Sunrise and sunset
Computed from the city’s latitude and longitude with the NOAA solar position algorithm — no API, no network call.
- Sunrise
- 05:24
- Sunset
- 18:30
- Daylight
- 13 hours 6 minutes
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is Shanghai in?
- Shanghai uses the Asia/Shanghai time zone, currently UTC+8. Use the IANA identifier rather than the abbreviation in code — abbreviations are ambiguous, and this one may mean something else somewhere else.
- Does Shanghai observe daylight saving time?
- No. Shanghai keeps UTC+8 all year round, so its offset from UTC never changes.
- What is the difference between Shanghai and UTC?
- UTC+8 as of the last rebuild. That figure is constant, because the city does not change its clocks.
- When does the sun rise and set in Shanghai?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 05:24 and sunset 18:30 local time, giving 13 hours 6 minutes of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.