Shanghai is in China and uses the Asia/Shanghai time zone. Right now it is China Standard Time there, which is UTC+08:00. Shanghai does not use daylight saving time, so the clocks stay the same all year.
Asia/ShanghaiHow far ahead or behind Shanghai other major cities are right now.
| City | Compared with Shanghai | Time now |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 12 hours behind | 7:21 AM |
| London | 7 hours behind | 12:21 PM |
| Paris | 6 hours behind | 1:21 PM |
| Dubai | 4 hours behind | 3:21 PM |
| Mumbai | 2 hours 30 minutes behind | 4:51 PM |
| Singapore | same time | 7:21 PM |
| Tokyo | 1 hour ahead | 8:21 PM |
| Sydney | 3 hours ahead | 10:21 PM |
| Los Angeles | 15 hours behind | 4:21 AM |
Shanghai uses the Asia/Shanghai time zone: China Standard Time, UTC+08:00, all year round.
No. Shanghai stays on UTC+08:00 all year, so its clocks do not change.
Shanghai is always at UTC+08:00.
Shanghai is currently 7 hours ahead of London. The difference can change by an hour for a few weeks a year, when one place starts or ends daylight saving time and the other does not.
Not everywhere. China has 2 time zone regions, so the time in Shanghai can differ from other parts of the country.
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