Current time in Beijing
China · Asia/Shanghai
Beijing, China
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Sunrise
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Local time
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Local time
UTC now
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Coordinated Universal Time
Your zone
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UTC
Same as you
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Relative to your device
- Time zone
- UTC+8
- UTC offset
- UTC+8
- vs Wales
- +7h
- Daylight saving
- Not observed
Asia/Shanghai
Current difference
Fixed offset year-round
Beijing compared with Wales
Live difference between Beijing and Welsh time, plus the working hours you actually share.
Beijing runs 7 hours ahead of Wales at the moment. If you are arranging a call from Cardiff, Swansea or Newport, a 12:00 start here lands at 19:00 in Beijing. Because Beijing does not observe daylight saving, this gap changes by an hour when the UK switches between GMT and BST.
When it is this time in Beijing
The same moment, shown in major cities worldwide.
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Compare Beijing with…
Nearby & related cities
Other places in China and in time zones close to Beijing.
Beijing time, questions
- What time is it in Beijing right now?
- The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Beijing, China, updating every second. Beijing uses the Asia/Shanghai time zone, currently UTC+8 (UTC+8).
- What is the time difference between Wales and Beijing?
- Beijing is currently 7 hours ahead of Wales. When it is 12:00 noon in Cardiff, it is 19:00 in Beijing. Note that this gap can change by an hour at daylight saving transitions, which do not always happen on the same date in both countries.
- Does Beijing observe daylight saving time?
- No. Beijing stays on UTC+8 all year round and does not adjust its clocks for daylight saving.
- What time zone is Beijing in?
- Beijing is in the Asia/Shanghai time zone of the IANA database, shown as UTC+8 and equal to UTC+8.
Times are calculated from your device clock using the IANA time zone database. Compare with Cardiff · All cities