Current time in Beijing, China

This location stays on UTC+08:00 year-round with no seasonal clock changes.

Current time in Beijing, China
22:35 33
Friday, May 8, 2026 CST UTC+08:00 No DST
UTC Offset
UTC+08:00
IANA time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Daylight saving
No DST
Next DST change
Quick answer

The current local time in Beijing, China is ⁦22:35⁩ (⁦CST⁩), which is ⁦UTC+08:00⁩.

Beijing is the capital of China, located at 39.907, 116.397.

Beijing uses CST (UTC+08:00) year-round. The IANA identifier is Asia/Shanghai.

Timezone in Beijing

China Standard Time (CST)

IANA time zone: Asia/Shanghai
All year
CST
China Standard Time
UTC+08:00

Daylight in Beijing today

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Sunrise
Sunset
Day length
14h 08m

Beijing, China

Country
China
Role
Capital city
ISO code
CN
Coordinates
39.9075° N, 116.3972° E
IANA zone
Asia/Shanghai
Population
18,960,744
Local time22:35

Beijing on the map · time zone

Beijing, China

  • Local time22:35
  • UTC offsetUTC+08:00
  • Time zoneAsia/Shanghai
Coordinates
39.91°, 116.40°

World clock

Compared with Beijing

No daylight saving time in Beijing

This location stays on UTC+08:00 year-round with no seasonal clock changes.

Hour-by-hour conversion

When it's the given hour in Beijing, here are the local times elsewhere.

Beijing New YorkMexico CitySão PauloLondonParisBerlinDubaiMumbai
00:00 12:00 -1 10:00 -1 13:00 -1 17:00 -1 18:00 -1 18:00 -1 20:00 -1 21:30 -1
01:00 13:00 -1 11:00 -1 14:00 -1 18:00 -1 19:00 -1 19:00 -1 21:00 -1 22:30 -1
02:00 14:00 -1 12:00 -1 15:00 -1 19:00 -1 20:00 -1 20:00 -1 22:00 -1 23:30 -1
03:00 15:00 -1 13:00 -1 16:00 -1 20:00 -1 21:00 -1 21:00 -1 23:00 -1 00:30
04:00 16:00 -1 14:00 -1 17:00 -1 21:00 -1 22:00 -1 22:00 -1 00:00 01:30
05:00 17:00 -1 15:00 -1 18:00 -1 22:00 -1 23:00 -1 23:00 -1 01:00 02:30
06:00 18:00 -1 16:00 -1 19:00 -1 23:00 -1 00:00 00:00 02:00 03:30
07:00 19:00 -1 17:00 -1 20:00 -1 00:00 01:00 01:00 03:00 04:30
08:00 20:00 -1 18:00 -1 21:00 -1 01:00 02:00 02:00 04:00 05:30
09:00 21:00 -1 19:00 -1 22:00 -1 02:00 03:00 03:00 05:00 06:30
10:00 22:00 -1 20:00 -1 23:00 -1 03:00 04:00 04:00 06:00 07:30
11:00 23:00 -1 21:00 -1 00:00 04:00 05:00 05:00 07:00 08:30
12:00 00:00 22:00 -1 01:00 05:00 06:00 06:00 08:00 09:30
13:00 01:00 23:00 -1 02:00 06:00 07:00 07:00 09:00 10:30
14:00 02:00 00:00 03:00 07:00 08:00 08:00 10:00 11:30
15:00 03:00 01:00 04:00 08:00 09:00 09:00 11:00 12:30
16:00 04:00 02:00 05:00 09:00 10:00 10:00 12:00 13:30
17:00 05:00 03:00 06:00 10:00 11:00 11:00 13:00 14:30
18:00 06:00 04:00 07:00 11:00 12:00 12:00 14:00 15:30
19:00 07:00 05:00 08:00 12:00 13:00 13:00 15:00 16:30
20:00 08:00 06:00 09:00 13:00 14:00 14:00 16:00 17:30
21:00 09:00 07:00 10:00 14:00 15:00 15:00 17:00 18:30
22:00 10:00 08:00 11:00 15:00 16:00 16:00 18:00 19:30
23:00 11:00 09:00 12:00 16:00 17:00 17:00 19:00 20:30

Frequently Asked Questions

The current local time in Beijing, China is 22:35 (CST). Beijing uses the Asia/Shanghai time zone, which is UTC+08:00.

Beijing uses CST (UTC+08:00) year-round and does not observe daylight saving time. The IANA identifier is Asia/Shanghai.

No. Beijing stays on CST (UTC+08:00) year-round with no daylight saving adjustments.

The IANA / Olson time zone database identifier for Beijing is Asia/Shanghai. This is the identifier used by operating systems, programming languages, and APIs to look up the correct local time.

It is currently PM in Beijing. The local time is 22:35 (CST).

Beijing is UTC+08:00 from UTC year-round.

Beijing is currently 12 hours ahead of New York.