China · CST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Guiyang, China runs on UTC+8. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 12-hour difference between Guiyang and New York. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. There is a 7-hour difference between Guiyang and London. 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 Guiyang lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. There is a 1-hour difference between Guiyang and Tokyo. 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 Guiyang 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 Guiyang.
Practical Info
Guiyang (China) is home to roughly 3.5M people. Today brings about 13.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:00, sunset at 19:48. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 27° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
China
Capital
Beijing
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
CST · Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
26.65°N, 106.63°E
Currency
CNY (¥)
Calling Code
+86
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Mandarin
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
FAST, the 500-metre aperture spherical telescope, sits in a natural karst depression about 170 km from Guiyang — the largest filled-aperture radio telescope in the world. A radio-quiet zone extends 5 km around it.
The clock: Guiyang keeps UTC+8. Guizhou province is over 90% mountain and plateau, which is why so many of its roads are bridges.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
4h overlap