China Time Zone
Time Zone of a Place
What time zone is it in China?
Answer
Time zone in China
UTC+8
The whole country lives on one official clock, UTC+8, and never switches to summer time. In Xinjiang, in the far west, local life often runs two hours behind that — on UTC+6.
More about the zone: UTC+8.
Time Zone Facts
- Time zone
- UTC+8
- Standard time
- UTC+8
- Daylight saving time
- not observed
- Clock changes
- the clocks do not change
- Daylight saving time in effect now
- No
Time Difference
- UTC
- 8 hours ahead
- Eastern Time
- 12 hours ahead
- Central Time
- 13 hours ahead
- Mountain Time
- 14 hours ahead
- Pacific Time
- 15 hours ahead
- Moscow Time
- MSK+5
Current time in China
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UTC+8 — add 8 hours to UTC
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Time Zone of a Place
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FAQ
What time zone is it in China?
Time zone in China UTC+8
Is daylight saving time observed in China?
No. The clocks there stay on UTC+8 all year round.
What is the time difference in China compared with UTC?
Right now the clock in China is 8 hours ahead of UTC, and MSK+5 against Moscow Time.
See Also
- Canada Time Zones: UTC−8 – UTC−3:30
- Canary Islands Time Zone: UTC
- Cancún Time Zone: UTC−5
- Central Time Zone: UTC−6 / UTC−5
- Central European Time Zone: UTC+1 / UTC+2
- Chamorro Time Zone: UTC+10
- Cheboksary Time Zone: UTC+3
- Chelyabinsk Time Zone: UTC+5
- Chicago Time Zone: UTC−6
- Chihuahua Time Zones: UTC−7 – UTC−6
- Chita Time Zone: UTC+9
- Ciudad Juárez Time Zone: UTC−7
- Cologne Time Zone: UTC+1
- Colombia Time Zone: UTC−5
- Colorado Time Zone: UTC−7
- Connecticut Time Zone: UTC−5
- Crimea Time Zone: UTC+3
- Cuiabá Time Zone: UTC−4
- Culiacán Time Zone: UTC−7
- Czech Republic Time Zone: UTC+1
- Часовой пояс Китая: UTC+8
- Zona horaria en China: UTC+8
- Fuso horário na China: UTC+8