| 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 |
Harbin, 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 Harbin 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 Harbin 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 Harbin lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Harbin 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 Harbin 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 Harbin.
Harbin (China) is home to roughly 5.2M people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:30, sunset at 17:16. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 46° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
China
Capital
Beijing
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
45.80°N, 126.53°E
Currency
CNY (¥)
Calling Code
+86
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Mandarin
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival builds a temporary city from blocks cut out of the Songhua river, covering around a square kilometre in some years, lit from inside. Winter temperatures near −25°C keep it standing for two months.
The clock: Harbin keeps UTC+8. Its Saint Sophia Cathedral is a legacy of the Russian railway workers who founded the modern city in 1898.
Harbin lies at 126.5°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 6.5° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 26 minutes behind the sun: solar noon arrives at about 11:34 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 15h 44m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 8h 40m. The swing between them is 7h 4m. This is the latitude band where the difference between summer and winter evenings is most obvious.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Harbin the sun comes up earliest on 16 June at 03:43, while the latest sunset waits until 28 June at 19:28. 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 Harbin that civil twilight runs about 30 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 38 minutes at the solstice.
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 Harbin, China is Asia/Shanghai with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Harbin has an estimated population of 5.2M and is located at coordinates 45.80°N, 126.53°E.
Harbin gets 15h 44m of daylight on its longest day and 8h 40m on its shortest, averaging 12h 14m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Harbin falls at about 11:34 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 6.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A City Carved From Ice: The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival builds a temporary city from blocks cut out of the Songhua river, covering around a square kilometre in some years, lit from inside.