Taipei uses Asia/Taipei — UTC+08:00 (CST) in standard time. It is located in Taipei, Taiwan. The live clock shows the current local time and updates every second.
Everything you need to know about Taipei's time zone, UTC offset, and Daylight Saving Time schedule.
Taipei 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 Taipei is Asia/Taipei. This identifier is used in programming, operating systems and calendar applications worldwide.
No daylight saving transitions are scheduled for this zone.
No other listed city shares this exact zone.
Currency: New Taiwan Dollar (TWD). Calling code: +886. Languages: Mandarin Chinese.
Taipei ( ), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan. Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city of Keelung. Most of the city rests on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed.
The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border.
The municipality of Taipei is home to an estimated population of 2,494,813 (March 2023), forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, also known as "Greater Taipei", which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 7,047,559, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world—roughly one-third of Taiwanese citizens live in the metro areas.
The name "Taipei" can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or just the municipality alone. Taipei has been the political center of the island since 1887, when it first became the seat of Taiwan Province by the Qing dynasty until 1895 and again from 1945 to 1956 by the Republic of China (ROC) government, with an interregnum...
Source: Wikipedia contributors — Taipei. Adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see licence details. Reviewed by the TimeZoria AI Editorial Team.
7,871,900 residents (GeoNames city population; metro areas may be larger).
Taipei, Taiwan.
Asia/Taipei · UTC+08:00 (CST).
No daylight saving time.
New Taiwan Dollar (TWD) · +886.
Xiamen, Hangzhou, Shanghai
Taipei Songshan International Airport (TSA) about 3.1 km from the city coordinates. Source: OurAirports (public domain).
2024 averages: daily highs 26.6°C and lows 19.8°C. Warmest month: July (average high 33.5°C); coolest month: January (average low 12.1°C). Source: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
As Taiwan's business, financial, and technology hub, Taipei has been at the center of rapid economic development in the country and has now become one of the global cities in technology and electronics. This development is part of the so-called Taiwan Economic Miracle which has seen dramatic growth in the city following foreign direct investment in the 1960s. Source: Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted).
Region: Taipei · IANA zone: Asia/Taipei · Open data sources and licence details: TimeZoria AI licenses.
Current time in major cities compared to Taipei. 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 Taipei 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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