| 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 |
Qingdao, 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 Qingdao 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 Qingdao 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 Qingdao lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Qingdao 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 Qingdao 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 Qingdao.
Qingdao (China) is home to roughly 5.5M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:52, sunset at 17:44. 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
UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
36.07°N, 120.38°E
Currency
CNY (¥)
Calling Code
+86
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Mandarin
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Tsingtao brewery was founded by German and British merchants in 1903, and the colony lasted only until 1914 — the beer has outlived it by over a century and is one of the best-known Chinese brands abroad.
The clock: Qingdao keeps UTC+8. Its old town still carries German street plans and villas, and the city hosted the 2008 Olympic sailing events.
Qingdao lies at 120.4°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 11:58, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. The zone holds UTC+8 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 14h 37m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 42m. The swing between them is 4h 55m. 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 Qingdao the sun comes up earliest on 14 June at 04:41, while the latest sunset waits until 30 June at 19:19. 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 Qingdao that civil twilight runs about 26 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 Qingdao, China is Asia/Shanghai with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Qingdao has an estimated population of 5.5M and is located at coordinates 36.07°N, 120.38°E.
Qingdao gets 14h 37m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 42m on its shortest, averaging 12h 11m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Qingdao falls at about 11:58 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 0.4° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Brewery That Outlasted the German Colony: Tsingtao brewery was founded by German and British merchants in 1903, and the colony lasted only until 1914 — the beer has outlived it by over a century and is one of the best-known Chinese brands abroad.