Current Local Time in Beijing
China Asia/Shanghai CST UTC+8 No clock change
19:29:40
Sunday, August 2, 2026
Nighttime UTC+8 (+08:00)
Static values shown for ; your browser updates them to the current second.
UTC offset now
UTC+8
Same on every date
Abbreviation
CST
No seasonal variant
Daylight saving
No clock change
Beijing never changes its clocks
IANA time zone
Asia/Shanghai
China · Asia
Beijing time zone
Beijing keeps a single offset all year. Local clocks run UTC+8, written CST, and there is no seasonal adjustment — so the only reason your difference with Beijing would change is a clock change where you are.
- IANA time zone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Offset in standard time
- UTC+8 (CST)
- Daylight saving time
- Not observed — no clock change
- Most recent clock change
- None on record in recent years
- Next clock change
- None scheduled — clocks stay as they are
- When it is 12:00 UTC
- 20:00 in January · 20:00 in July
Clock changes in Beijing, 2026–2028
Full record for Beijing → ten years back and ten forward, with each year's DST window.
No clock change. Beijing stays on UTC+8 (CST) through 2028 under the rules currently published in the IANA time zone database. Governments do sometimes change these rules, so this page is regenerated from the latest database on every build.
Sun and moon in Beijing
Computed for 39.9042°, 116.4074° on August 2, 2026.
Sunrise
05:13
Sunset
19:27
Day length
14h 14m
−1m 58s vs yesterday
Solar noon
12:20
Sun at its highest
| Phase | Morning | Evening | Sun's altitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomical twilight | 03:25 | 21:15 | −18° to −12° |
| Nautical twilight | 04:06 | 20:34 | −12° to −6° |
| Civil twilight | 04:43 | 19:57 | −6° to −0.833° |
| Sunrise / sunset | 05:13 | 19:27 | −0.833° (upper limb at the horizon) |
Across 2026, daylight in Beijing runs from about 9h 20m at the shortest day to 15h 00m at the longest.
Moon
Waning gibbous
80% illuminated · 19.1 days into the cycle · waning
- Moonrise
- 21:10
- Moonset
- 08:40
- Next full moon
- Aug 28, 12:19
- Next new moon
- Aug 13, 01:38
Sun and moon figures are computed locally from standard astronomical series (NOAA solar equations and Meeus' lunar terms) — accurate to about a minute at mid latitudes, and less near the poles where the sun crosses the horizon at a shallow angle.
Weather in Beijing
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Current weather for Beijing is unavailable right now. Everything else on this page — local time, time zone rules, sunrise and sunset — is computed locally and unaffected.
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Time difference between Beijing and other cities
Differences are computed from each city's own zone rules, so pairs whose clocks change on different dates show more than one value across the year.
| City | Local time | Difference | Across the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York United States | 07:29 | −12h | Varies: −12h / −13h |
| Sao Paulo Brazil | 08:29 | −11h | Fixed all year |
| London United Kingdom | 12:29 | −7h | Varies: −7h / −8h |
| Tel Aviv Israel | 14:29 | −5h | Varies: −5h / −6h |
| Cairo Egypt | 14:29 | −5h | Varies: −5h / −6h |
| Mumbai India | 16:59 | −2:30h | Fixed all year |
| Sydney Australia | 21:29 | +2h | Varies: +3h / +2h |
| Los Angeles United States | 04:29 | −15h | Varies: −15h / −16h |
Beijing at a glance
- Country
- China
- Region
- Asia
- Coordinates
- 39.9042° N, 116.4074° E
- IANA time zone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Currency
- CNY
- Language
- Mandarin Chinese
- Usual clock notation
- 24-hour
- Also written
- 北京
Only fields we can source are listed; nothing on this page is estimated. Sources are in data sources .
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What time is it in Beijing right now?
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Beijing, China, updated every second from your device's clock and converted with the Asia/Shanghai time zone rules. Beijing currently runs at UTC+8 (CST) all year round.
What time zone is Beijing in?
Beijing uses the IANA time zone Asia/Shanghai, written as CST all year. Every time on this page is computed from that zone rather than from a stored offset, so it follows the rules currently published in the time zone database.
What is the UTC offset in Beijing?
Beijing stays at UTC+8 throughout the year. Its clocks never move, so the offset shown here is the offset on every date.
Does Beijing observe daylight saving time?
No. Beijing does not use daylight saving time — there is no clock change in 2026, so UTC+8 applies on every date. Differences with cities that do change their clocks still move twice a year, because the other city shifts.
What is the time difference between Beijing and New York?
For most of 2026, New York is 12 hours behind Beijing. Because the two places change their clocks on different dates, the gap is 13 hours (New York behind Beijing) from January 1 – March 8 and November 1 – January 1.
What is the time difference between Beijing and Sao Paulo?
Sao Paulo is 11 hours behind Beijing, and that gap holds all year — neither city moves its clocks in a way that changes it.
What is the time difference between Beijing and London?
For most of 2026, London is 7 hours behind Beijing. Because the two places change their clocks on different dates, the gap is 8 hours (London behind Beijing) from January 1 – March 29 and October 25 – January 1.
How long is the day in Beijing?
Day length in Beijing ranges from about 9h 20m at the shortest day of 2026 to about 15h 00m at the longest. The sunrise and sunset section on this page shows today's figures for latitude 39.90°, longitude 116.41°.