Current Time in Shanghai, China
Shanghai is in the Asia/Shanghai time zone. The clock updates live every second and automatically follows daylight saving changes; the sun dial shows today's daylight and twilight, and the map shows where it is night.
Time in Shanghai
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UTC
Today's light in Shanghai
- Night
- Astronomical twilight
- Nautical twilight
- Civil twilight
- Golden hour
- Daylight
- Astronomical dawn
- 04:50
- Nautical dawn
- 05:18
- Civil dawn
- 05:47
- Sunrise
- 06:12
- Golden hour ends
- 06:46
- Solar noon
- 11:37
- Golden hour begins
- 16:28
- Sunset
- 17:02
- Civil dusk
- 17:27
- Nautical dusk
- 17:56
- Astronomical dusk
- 18:24
It was 12:30 AM on Thursday, November 5, 2026 in Shanghai when this page was last updated. Shanghai is on GMT+8 (UTC+08:00) all year, with no daylight saving. The clock above is live.
- Time zone
- Asia/Shanghai
- UTC offset
- UTC+08:00
- Abbreviation
- GMT+8
- Population
- 24,874,500
Daylight Saving Time in Shanghai
Shanghai does not observe daylight saving time — the offset stays at UTC+08:00 all year round.
Cities in the same time zone
These places share Shanghai's local time (Asia/Shanghai):
Beijing, ChinaShenzhen, ChinaGuangzhou, ChinaChengdu, ChinaTianjin, ChinaWuhan, ChinaDongguan, ChinaXi’an, China
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