| 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 |
Hangzhou, 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 Hangzhou 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 Hangzhou 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 Hangzhou lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Hangzhou 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 Hangzhou 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 Hangzhou.
Hangzhou (China) is home to roughly 12.4M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:52, sunset at 17:46. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 30° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
China
Capital
Beijing
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
30.27°N, 120.15°E
Currency
CNY (¥)
Calling Code
+86
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Mandarin
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
West Lake has been landscaped and re-landscaped since the 9th century, and its composition — causeways, islands, pagodas at measured intervals — became the template for garden design across East Asia. UNESCO listed it in 2011 for exactly that influence.
The clock: Hangzhou keeps UTC+8. Marco Polo described it as the finest city in the world; at the time it may have been the largest, with over a million residents.
Hangzhou lies at 120.1°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 11:59, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. The zone holds UTC+8 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 14h 6m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 11m. The swing between them is 3h 55m. 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 Hangzhou the sun comes up earliest on 12 June at 04:57, while the latest sunset waits until 2 July at 19:05. 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 Hangzhou 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.
The official timezone for Hangzhou, China is Asia/Shanghai with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Hangzhou has an estimated population of 12.4M and is located at coordinates 30.27°N, 120.15°E.
Hangzhou gets 14h 6m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 11m on its shortest, averaging 12h 10m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Hangzhou falls at about 11:59 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 0.1° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Lake That Shaped Chinese Painting: West Lake has been landscaped and re-landscaped since the 9th century, and its composition — causeways, islands, pagodas at measured intervals — became the template for garden design across East Asia.