| 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 |
Ningbo, 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 Ningbo 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 Ningbo 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 Ningbo lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Ningbo 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 Ningbo 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 Ningbo.
Ningbo (China) is home to roughly 5.0M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:46, sunset at 17:41. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 30° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
China
Capital
Beijing
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
29.87°N, 121.55°E
Currency
CNY (¥)
Calling Code
+86
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Mandarin
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Tianyi Pavilion was built in 1561 and is the oldest surviving private library in China, holding some 300,000 volumes. Its design — a water pool beside it, strict rules about who could enter — was copied by the imperial libraries.
The clock: Ningbo keeps UTC+8. The Hangzhou Bay Bridge, 36 km long, connects it toward Shanghai across open water.
Ningbo lies at 121.5°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 1.5° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 6 minutes behind the sun: solar noon arrives at about 11:54 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 4m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 13m. The swing between them is 3h 51m. 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 Ningbo the sun comes up earliest on 12 June at 04:52, while the latest sunset waits until 2 July at 18:59. 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 Ningbo that civil twilight runs about 24 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 Ningbo, China is Asia/Shanghai with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Ningbo has an estimated population of 5.0M and is located at coordinates 29.87°N, 121.55°E.
Ningbo gets 14h 4m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 13m on its shortest, averaging 12h 10m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Ningbo falls at about 11:54 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 1.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Oldest Private Library in China: Tianyi Pavilion was built in 1561 and is the oldest surviving private library in China, holding some 300,000 volumes.