| 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 |
Kunming, 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 Kunming 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 Kunming 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 Kunming lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Kunming 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 Kunming 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 Kunming.
Kunming (China) is home to roughly 4.5M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:00, sunset at 18:57. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 25° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
China
Capital
Beijing
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
25.04°N, 102.72°E
Currency
CNY (¥)
Calling Code
+86
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Mandarin
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Kunming sits at about 1,890 metres near the Tropic of Cancer, a combination that gives it monthly average temperatures between roughly 8°C and 20°C all year — one of the mildest climates of any large city.
The clock: Kunming keeps UTC+8 despite sitting at about 103° east, so solar noon here falls close to 13:10 and around the June solstice the sun stays up until just after 20:00.
Kunming lies at 102.7°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 17.3° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 69 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 13:09 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 13h 42m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 35m. The swing between them is 3h 7m. 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 Kunming the sun comes up earliest on 10 June at 06:18, while the latest sunset waits until 4 July at 20:03. 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 Kunming that civil twilight runs about 23 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 Kunming, China is Asia/Shanghai with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Kunming has an estimated population of 4.5M and is located at coordinates 25.04°N, 102.72°E.
Kunming gets 13h 42m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 35m on its shortest, averaging 12h 9m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Kunming falls at about 13:09 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 17.3° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The City of Eternal Spring: Kunming sits at about 1,890 metres near the Tropic of Cancer, a combination that gives it monthly average temperatures between roughly 8°C and 20°C all year — one of the mildest climates of any large city.