| 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 |
Xi'an, 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 Xi'an 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 Xi'an 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 Xi'an lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Xi'an 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 Xi'an 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 Xi'an.
Xi'an (China) is home to roughly 13.0M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:38, sunset at 18:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 34° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
China
Capital
Beijing
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
34.34°N, 108.94°E
Currency
CNY (¥)
Calling Code
+86
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Mandarin
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Terracotta Army was found by farmers digging a well in 1974, and holds an estimated 8,000 figures — no two faces alike. They guard the tomb of the first Qin emperor, which has never been excavated.
The clock: Xi'an keeps UTC+8 despite sitting well west, so solar noon here arrives around 12:45. It was the eastern terminus of the Silk Road and China's capital for thirteen dynasties.
Xi'an lies at 108.9°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 11.1° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 44 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:44 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 27m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 51m. The swing between them is 4h 36m. 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 Xi'an the sun comes up earliest on 13 June at 05:31, while the latest sunset waits until 1 July at 20:00. 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 Xi'an that civil twilight runs about 25 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 Xi'an, China is Asia/Shanghai with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Xi'an has an estimated population of 13.0M and is located at coordinates 34.34°N, 108.94°E.
Xi'an gets 14h 27m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 51m on its shortest, averaging 12h 11m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Xi'an falls at about 12:44 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 11.1° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Eight Thousand Soldiers in Clay: The Terracotta Army was found by farmers digging a well in 1974, and holds an estimated 8,000 figures — no two faces alike. They guard the tomb of the first Qin emperor, which has never been excavated.