Suzhou uses Asia/Shanghai — UTC+08:00 (CST) in standard time. It is located in Jiangsu, China. The live clock shows the current local time and updates every second.
Everything you need to know about Suzhou's time zone, UTC offset, and Daylight Saving Time schedule.
Suzhou 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 Suzhou 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, Beijing, Guangzhou
Currency: Renminbi (CNY). Calling code: +86. Languages: Mandarin Chinese.
Suzhou is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu province, Eastern China. Suzhou is a major tourist destination and industrial hub of Eastern China, specializing in high-end manufacturing. Renowned as the cradle of Wu culture, Suzhou flourished as a hub of trade, arts, and intellectual life along the Grand Canal, helping shape China's economic and cultural development for centuries.
The city is internationally famous for its classical gardens, which harmonize architecture, water, rocks, and plants into poetic expressions of nature.
Long admired for its silk production, refined cuisine, and lyrical Kunqu opera, Suzhou has been praised in Chinese poetry, along with Hangzhou, as "paradise on earth," a reputation that endures today as the city blends its timeless canals, whitewashed lanes, and scholarly heritage with modern industries. Suzhou is part of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis.
Founded in 514 BC, Suzhou rapidly grew in size by the Eastern Han dynasty, mostly due to emigration from northern China. From the 10th century onwards, it has been an important economic, cultural, and commercial center, as well as the largest non-capital city in the world, until it was overtaken by Shanghai in...
Source: Wikipedia contributors — Suzhou. Adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see licence details. Reviewed by the TimeZoria AI Editorial Team.
6,715,559 residents (GeoNames city population; metro areas may be larger).
Jiangsu, China.
Asia/Shanghai · UTC+08:00 (CST).
No daylight saving time.
Renminbi (CNY) · +86.
Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing
Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) about 26.6 km from the city coordinates. Source: OurAirports (public domain).
2024 averages: daily highs 21.7°C and lows 13.7°C. Warmest month: August (average high 35.1°C); coolest month: January (average low 0.4°C). Source: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Suzhou's economy is based primarily on its large manufacturing sector—China's first largest(from 2020)—including iron and steel, IT and electronic equipment, and textile products. The city's service sector is notably well-developed, primarily owing to tourism, which brought in a total of RMB 152 billion of revenue in 2013. Source: Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted).
Region: Jiangsu · IANA zone: Asia/Shanghai · Open data sources and licence details: TimeZoria AI licenses.
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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 Suzhou 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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