China · CST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Lanzhou, 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 Lanzhou 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 Lanzhou 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 Lanzhou lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. There is a 1-hour difference between Lanzhou 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 Lanzhou 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 Lanzhou.
Practical Info
Lanzhou (China) is home to roughly 3.0M people. Today brings about 14.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:48, sunset at 20:24. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 36° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
China
Capital
Beijing
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
CST · Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
36.06°N, 103.83°E
Currency
CNY (¥)
Calling Code
+86
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Mandarin
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Lanzhou is squeezed into a narrow valley along the Yellow River, which makes it roughly 100 km long and in places only a few kilometres wide. The geography traps air, and the city spent years among the most polluted in the world before a major clean-up.
The clock: Lanzhou keeps UTC+8 at 103° east — far enough west that solar noon arrives around 13:10.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
4h overlap