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Time Difference

Time Zones of China

Geographically, China covers five time zones (Zhongyuan, Longshu, Tibet, Kunlun and Changbai Time Zones). 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 (GMT+8)

For the unity, the whole China adopts Beijing Time, which is also in the time zone (GMT+8).

Beijing Time is worked out and released from the National Time Service Center, Shaanxi Province, which is geographically almost the center of China. Unlike western countries, China now does not follow the daylight saving time.

World Time Difference to China

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