China · CST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Kashgar, 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 Kashgar 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 Kashgar 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 Kashgar lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. There is a 1-hour difference between Kashgar 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 Kashgar 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 Kashgar.
Practical Info
Kashgar (China) is home to roughly 710K people. Today brings about 15.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:30, sunset at 22:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 39° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
China
Capital
Beijing
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
CST · Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
39.47°N, 75.99°E
Currency
CNY (¥)
Calling Code
+86
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Mandarin
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Kashgar sits at 76° east, roughly 4,000 km from Beijing and closer to Tehran than to Shanghai. It was the point where the northern and southern Silk Road routes rejoined after skirting the Taklamakan desert.
The clock: the whole country keeps UTC+8, so solar noon in Kashgar arrives around 15:00 and many residents run their lives on an informal local time two hours behind the official one.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
4h overlap