| 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 |
Taichung, Taiwan runs on UTC+8. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Taichung 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 Taichung 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 Taichung lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Taichung 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 Taichung 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 Taichung.
Taichung (Taiwan) is home to roughly 2.8M people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:48, sunset at 17:45. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 24° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Taiwan
Capital
Taipei
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Taipei
Coordinates
24.15°N, 120.67°E
Currency
TWD ($)
Calling Code
+886
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Mandarin
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Bubble tea is generally credited to Taichung in the 1980s, with two teahouses, one in Taichung and one in Tainan, still arguing over which of them did it first. Tapioca pearls in iced tea have since become one of Taiwan's most successful exports.
The clock: Taichung keeps UTC+8. Its National Taichung Theater, opened in 2016, was built with almost no straight walls — a structural problem that took years to solve.
Taichung lies at 120.7°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 11:57, 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 13h 38m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 38m. The swing between them is 2h 59m. 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 Taichung the sun comes up earliest on 9 June at 05:08, while the latest sunset waits until 5 July at 18:49. 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 Taichung 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 Taichung, Taiwan is Asia/Taipei with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Taichung has an estimated population of 2.8M and is located at coordinates 24.15°N, 120.67°E.
Taichung gets 13h 38m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 38m on its shortest, averaging 12h 9m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Taichung falls at about 11:57 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 0.7° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Where Bubble Tea Was Invented: Bubble tea is generally credited to Taichung in the 1980s, with two teahouses, one in Taichung and one in Tainan, still arguing over which of them did it first.