| 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 |
Sanya, 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 Sanya 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 Sanya 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 Sanya lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Sanya 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 Sanya 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 Sanya.
Sanya (China) is home to roughly 1.0M people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:32, sunset at 18:31. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 18° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
China
Capital
Beijing
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
18.25°N, 109.51°E
Currency
CNY (¥)
Calling Code
+86
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Mandarin
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Sanya sits at 18° north on Hainan, far enough south to be genuinely tropical, and has become China's main domestic beach destination. Hainan's duty-free allowance makes the island one of the largest luxury retail markets in Asia.
The clock: Sanya keeps UTC+8, and as the southernmost major city in China, it has the smallest day-length variation of any major Chinese city — about two hours across the year.
Sanya lies at 109.5°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 10.5° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 42 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:42 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 14m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 2m. The swing between them is 2h 12m. Inside the tropics the day length stays within a narrow band all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Sanya the sun comes up earliest on 6 June at 06:05, while the latest sunset waits until 8 July at 19:22. 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 Sanya that civil twilight runs about 22 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 Sanya, China is Asia/Shanghai with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Sanya has an estimated population of 1.0M and is located at coordinates 18.25°N, 109.51°E.
Sanya gets 13h 14m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 2m on its shortest, averaging 12h 8m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Sanya falls at about 12:42 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 10.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
China's Tropical Resort: Sanya sits at 18° north on Hainan, far enough south to be genuinely tropical, and has become China's main domestic beach destination.