Current time in Shanghai
China · Asia/Shanghai
Shanghai, 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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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
Shanghai compared with Wales
Live difference between Shanghai and Welsh time, plus the working hours you actually share.
Shanghai 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 Shanghai. Because Shanghai 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 Shanghai
The same moment, shown in major cities worldwide.
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Compare Shanghai with…
Nearby & related cities
Other places in China and in time zones close to Shanghai.
Shanghai time, questions
- What time is it in Shanghai right now?
- The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Shanghai, China, updating every second. Shanghai uses the Asia/Shanghai time zone, currently UTC+8 (UTC+8).
- What is the time difference between Wales and Shanghai?
- Shanghai is currently 7 hours ahead of Wales. When it is 12:00 noon in Cardiff, it is 19:00 in Shanghai. 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 Shanghai observe daylight saving time?
- No. Shanghai stays on UTC+8 all year round and does not adjust its clocks for daylight saving.
- What time zone is Shanghai in?
- Shanghai 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