Time in Beijing, China 🇨🇳
The current local time in Beijing, China is shown below — the city is in the Asia/Shanghai time zone (UTC +08:00 · GMT+8).
Beijing local time
14:54:36
Wednesday, 30 September 2026 GMT+8
Location & Time Zone
Coordinates
39.90° N, 116.41° E
Population: 21,540,000
Time zone
IANA: Asia/Shanghai
UTC offset: +08:00 · GMT+8 · China Standard Time
Country: China · ISO CN
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Time difference
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Daylight saving time
Beijing does not observe daylight saving time — clocks stay on UTC +08:00 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
Sun today
Sunrise 06:10 · Sunset 18:01
Day length 11h 51m · twilight and monthly table →
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