Beijing uses Asia/Shanghai — UTC+08:00 (CST) in standard time. It is located in Beijing, China. The live clock shows the current local time and updates every second.
Everything you need to know about Beijing's time zone, UTC offset, and Daylight Saving Time schedule.
Beijing uses UTC+08:00 in standard time. This is the offset used outside the daylight saving period.
This zone does not observe daylight saving time and stays on UTC+08:00 year-round.
The official IANA time zone name for Beijing is Asia/Shanghai. This identifier is used in programming, operating systems and calendar applications worldwide.
No daylight saving transitions are scheduled for this zone.
Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen
Currency: Renminbi (CNY). Calling code: +86. Languages: Mandarin Chinese.
Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 21.8 million residents, it is the world's most populous national capital city, as well as China's second-largest city by urban area, after Shanghai. It is located in Northern China and is governed as a provincial-level direct-administered municipality with 16 municipal districts.
Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province and neighbors Tianjin Municipality to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jing-Jin-Ji cluster.
Beijing is a global city and one of the world's leading centers for culture, diplomacy, politics, finance, business and economics, education, research, language, tourism, media, sports, science and technology, transportation, and art.
It is home to the headquarters of most of China's largest state-owned companies and houses the largest number of Fortune Global 500 companies in the world, as well as the world's four biggest financial institutions by total assets. It is also a major hub for the national highway, expressway, railway, and high-speed rail networks.
Source: Wikipedia contributors — Beijing. Adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see licence details. Reviewed by the TimeZoria AI Editorial Team.
18,960,744 residents (GeoNames city population; metro areas may be larger).
Beijing, China.
Asia/Shanghai · UTC+08:00 (CST).
No daylight saving time.
Renminbi (CNY) · +86.
Tianjin, Jinan, Dalian
Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) about 25.4 km from the city coordinates. Source: OurAirports (public domain).
2024 averages: daily highs 19.2°C and lows 8.7°C. Warmest month: June (average high 34.0°C); coolest month: January (average low -6.5°C). Source: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
As of 2025, Beijing's GDP was CN¥5.2 trillion ($748 billion in nominal, $1.52 trillion in PPP), about 3.71% of the country's GDP and ranked 12th among province-level administrative units; its GDP per capita was CN¥238,571 (US$34,252 in norminal; US$69,962 in PPP) and ranked the 1st in the country. It also ranks the tenth largest in the metropolitan economies in the world. Source: Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted).
Region: Beijing · IANA zone: Asia/Shanghai · Open data sources and licence details: TimeZoria AI licenses.
Current time in major cities compared to Beijing. Times update live every second.
Note on DST transitions: The offsets shown above reflect the current live offset, which changes twice a year due to Daylight Saving Time. Different regions change their clocks on different dates, which means the difference between Beijing and another city can vary by 1 hour for a short period in spring and autumn. Always verify the exact time difference around DST transition dates for critical scheduling.
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