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Current local time in Chengdu

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08:00:00

1 October 2026ThursdayThursday, 1 October 2026

Calling Code +86

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Time difference from Chengdu

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CITY	LOCAL TIME	Difference	Coming up
London United Kingdom	01:00	−7h	Becomes −8h on 25 Oct
Berlin Germany	02:00	−6h	Becomes −7h on 25 Oct
Dubai UAE	04:00	−4h
Tokyo Japan	09:00	+1h
Sydney Australia	10:00	+2h	Becomes +3h on 4 Oct
New York United States	20:00Wed	−12h	Becomes −13h on 1 Nov
Los Angeles United States	17:00Wed	−15h	Becomes −16h on 1 Nov

Sun & moon in Chengdu today

Sunrise

06:56

Sunset

18:50

Daylight

11.9hrs

Next full moon

26 Oct

Hunter's Moon

Annual daylight in Chengdu

Working hours in Chengdu

1h overlap

ChengduUTC+8

06121824

Your locationUTC+0

06121824

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Time zone guide for Chengdu

Chengdu, China runs on UTC+8. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Chengdu and New York is 12 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. The time difference between Chengdu and London is 7 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in Chengdu lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Chengdu and Tokyo is 1 hour. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in Chengdu lines up with 10:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Chengdu.

Practical information for Chengdu

Chengdu (China) is home to roughly 21.4M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:56, sunset at 18:50. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 31° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

China

Capital

Beijing

Continent

Asia

Time Zone

UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai

Coordinates

30.57°N, 104.07°E

Currency

CNY (¥)

Calling Code

+86

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

Mandarin

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

The City That Counts in Pandas

The Chengdu Research Base and the mountains around it anchor a conservation programme that helped lift the wild giant panda population to roughly 1,860 animals, enough for the species to be downgraded from Endangered to Vulnerable in 2016.

About three quarters of them live in the bamboo forests of Sichuan, within a few hundred kilometres of the city; the rest live in the neighbouring provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu.

The clock: Chengdu keeps UTC+8 along with the rest of China, despite sitting far enough west that solar noon arrives around 13:00. In summer the sun does not set until just after 20:00.

The sun and the clock in Chengdu (2026)

Solar noon13:04on UTC+8 standard time

Longest day14h 8m22 June

Shortest day10h 10m22 December

Yearly average12h 10mof daylight a day

Earliest sunrise06:0012 June

Latest sunset20:102 July

Chengdu lies at 104.1°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 15.9° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 64 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 13:04 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+8 all year — there is no daylight saving here.

The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 14h 8m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 10m. The swing between them is 3h 57m. At this latitude the seasons are visible in the clock, but never dramatic.

The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Chengdu the sun comes up earliest on 12 June at 06:00, while the latest sunset waits until 2 July at 20:10. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.

The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Chengdu that civil twilight runs about 24 minutes at the equinox.

Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.

Frequently asked questions

What is the current time and timezone in Chengdu?

The official timezone for Chengdu, China is Asia/Shanghai with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.

What is the population and location of Chengdu?

Chengdu has an estimated population of 21.4M and is located at coordinates 30.57°N, 104.07°E.

How many hours of daylight does Chengdu get?

Chengdu gets 14h 8m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 10m on its shortest, averaging 12h 10m a day across the year.

What time is solar noon in Chengdu?

Solar noon in Chengdu falls at about 13:04 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 15.9° from the meridian its zone is built on.

What is an interesting fact or statistic about Chengdu?

The City That Counts in Pandas: The Chengdu Research Base and the mountains around it anchor a conservation programme that helped lift the wild giant panda population to roughly 1,860 animals, enough for the species to be downgraded from Endangered to…