Asia/Shanghai Time Zone

Asia/Shanghai is China Time, UTC+08:00. The clock below shows the time there now.

China TimeUTC+08:00Local time nowAsia/Shanghai
Asia/AlmatyAsia/BangkokAsia/BarnaulAsia/BishkekAsia/DushanbeAsia/Hong_KongAsia/HovdAsia/KabulAsia/KarachiAsia/KolkataAsia/MacauAsia/ManilaAsia/PyongyangAsia/ThimphuAsia/UlaanbaatarAsia/VientianeAsia/Yangon
Asia/Shanghai and its neighbors (simplified outlines). Open in OpenStreetMap ↗
IANA identifier
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates (central point)
35.759030, 98.861048

These coordinates mark a central point for the area, not a street address.

Largest cities on this clock

Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, and Wuhan, in China, keep China Time, the time shown above.

Largest first, by the population GeoNames lists for each city (it gives no year).

Countries and territories, largest first

These countries and territories use this time zone. The list doesn’t settle any border question. Country populations are GeoNames figures. GeoNames gives no year for them, so they are not current estimates and may differ in age from country to country.

  1. China1,411,778,724 people

Bordering areas, nearest first

Distances are straight lines between map points.

  1. Asia/Urumqi753 mi northwest
  2. Asia/Thimphu760 mi southwest
  3. Asia/Ulaanbaatar877 mi northeast
  4. Asia/Hovd924 mi north
  5. Asia/Kathmandu1,052 mi southwest
  6. Asia/Yangon1,174 mi south
  7. Asia/Vientiane1,264 mi south
  8. Asia/Macau1,292 mi southeast
  9. Asia/Hong_Kong1,306 mi southeast
  10. Asia/Barnaul1,336 mi northwest
  11. Asia/Bishkek1,340 mi northwest
  12. Asia/Almaty1,488 mi northwest
All 26
  1. Asia/Kolkata1,534 mi southwest
  2. Asia/Taipei1,539 mi southeast
  3. Asia/Dushanbe1,543 mi west
  4. Asia/Pyongyang1,552 mi east
  5. Asia/Chita1,554 mi northeast
  6. Asia/Bangkok1,574 mi south
  7. Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh1,695 mi southeast
  8. Asia/Karachi1,700 mi west
  9. Asia/Kabul1,903 mi west
  10. Asia/Yakutsk2,076 mi north
  11. Asia/Manila2,148 mi southeast
  12. Asia/Vladivostok2,710 mi north
  13. Etc/GMT-7sea area
  14. Etc/GMT-8sea area

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Boundary data adapted from © OpenStreetMap contributors, under ODbL.

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Areas that only touch the edge

These areas meet this one only along a sliver. Most places here are not in them; for a spot near the line, check it with the time-zone finder.