| 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 |
Wuhan, 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 Wuhan 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 Wuhan 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 Wuhan lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Wuhan 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 Wuhan 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 Wuhan.
Wuhan (China) is home to roughly 13.6M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:15, sunset at 18:09. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 31° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
China
Capital
Beijing
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
30.59°N, 114.31°E
Currency
CNY (¥)
Calling Code
+86
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Mandarin
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Wuhan contains roughly 160 lakes within its boundaries, covering around a quarter of the city's area. The first bridge across the Yangtze anywhere was built here in 1957; before that, trains were ferried over carriage by carriage.
The clock: Wuhan keeps UTC+8, and sits close enough to the 120° meridian that its clock and its sun agree better than many Chinese cities'.
Wuhan lies at 114.3°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 5.7° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 23 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:23 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 8m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 10m. The swing between them is 3h 58m. 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 Wuhan the sun comes up earliest on 12 June at 05:19, while the latest sunset waits until 2 July at 19:29. 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 Wuhan 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 Wuhan, China is Asia/Shanghai with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Wuhan has an estimated population of 13.6M and is located at coordinates 30.59°N, 114.31°E.
Wuhan gets 14h 8m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 10m on its shortest, averaging 12h 10m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Wuhan falls at about 12:23 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 5.7° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A City of Bridges and Lakes: Wuhan contains roughly 160 lakes within its boundaries, covering around a quarter of the city's area.