China · CST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Tianjin, 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 Tianjin 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 Tianjin 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 Tianjin lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. There is a 1-hour difference between Tianjin 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 Tianjin 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 Tianjin.
Practical Info
Tianjin (China) is home to roughly 13.8M people. Today brings about 14.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:42, sunset at 19:36. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 39° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
China
Capital
Beijing
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
CST · Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
39.34°N, 117.36°E
Currency
CNY (¥)
Calling Code
+86
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Mandarin
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Between 1860 and 1945 Tianjin held nine separate foreign concessions — British, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian, Belgian — each with its own laws, police and architecture. Much of it still stands, street by street.
The clock: Tianjin keeps UTC+8. In the concession era the different quarters did not always agree on the time, which was one of the milder inconveniences.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
4h overlap