| 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 |
Jinan, 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 Jinan 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 Jinan 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 Jinan lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Jinan 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 Jinan 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 Jinan.
Jinan (China) is home to roughly 5.0M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:05, sunset at 17:57. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 37° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
China
Capital
Beijing
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
36.65°N, 117.12°E
Currency
CNY (¥)
Calling Code
+86
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Mandarin
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Jinan has 72 named artesian springs, fed by groundwater forced up against impermeable rock. Baotu Spring has been documented for around 2,700 years, and the water table has been actively managed since the 2000s to keep them flowing.
The clock: Jinan keeps UTC+8. Mount Tai nearby, the most sacred of China's five great mountains, has been climbed by emperors for over two thousand years.
Jinan lies at 117.1°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 2.9° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 12 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:12 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 40m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 39m. The swing between them is 5h 1m. 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 Jinan the sun comes up earliest on 14 June at 04:52, while the latest sunset waits until 30 June at 19:34. 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 Jinan that civil twilight runs about 26 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 31 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 Jinan, China is Asia/Shanghai with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Jinan has an estimated population of 5.0M and is located at coordinates 36.65°N, 117.12°E.
Jinan gets 14h 40m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 39m on its shortest, averaging 12h 11m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Jinan falls at about 12:12 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 2.9° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The City of Springs: Jinan has 72 named artesian springs, fed by groundwater forced up against impermeable rock.