What is the time zone of China?
China is in the China Standard Time zone. All places including the capital Beijing have the same time, there are no exceptions. The country is not observing daylight savings so the clock is the same all year round.
- China Standard Time (CST):+8:00 UTC (ahead)
Time of neighboring countries
These are the times differences if you travel outside of China.
To North Korea: You will enter the Korea Standard Time zone, which is +1 hour ahead
To South Korea: You will enter the Korea Standard Time zone, which is +1 hour ahead
To Kazakhstan: When crossing the border by land you will enter the Kyrgyzstan Time zone, which is -2 hours behind
To Kyrgyzstan: You will enter the Kyrgyzstan Time zone, which is -2 hours behind
To Afghanistan: You will enter the Afghan Time zone, which is -3.30 hours behind
To Pakistan: You will enter the Pakistan Standard Time zone, which is -3 hours behind
To Nepal: You will enter the Nepal Time zone, which is -2.15 hours behind
To India: You will enter the India Standard Time zone, which is -2.30 hours behind
To Myanmar: You will enter the Myanmar Time zone, which is -1.30 hours behind
To Laos: You will enter the Indochina Time zone, which is -1 hour behind
To Vietnam: You will enter the Indochina Time zone, which is -1 hour behind
To Japan: You will enter the Japan Standard Time zone, which is +1 hour ahead
To Philippines: You will enter the Philippines Time zone, but there is no time difference
To Russia: You will enter the Yakutsk Time zone, which is +1 hour ahead
To Mongolia:
- Crossing the border with the Mongolian province Hovd
You will enter the Hovd Time zone which is -1 hour (behind).
- Crossing the border with all other Mongolian provinces
You will enter Ulaanbaatar or Choibalsan time zones but there is no time difference
China Daylight Savings Time (DST)
There is no daylight savings time.
Other countries in Asia
You can check out information and maps of other Asian countries by clicking below links.
| +4.00 UTC | +4.30 UTC | +5.00 UTC | +5.30 UTC | +5.45 UTC | +6.00 UTC |
| Armenia | Afghanistan | Kazakhstan * | India | Nepal | Bangladesh |
| Azerbaijan | Maldives | Sri Lanka | Bhutan | ||
| Georgia | Pakistan | Kazakhstan * | |||
| Tajikistan | Kyrgyzstan | ||||
| Turkmenistan | |||||
| Uzbekistan | |||||
| +6.30 UTC | +7.00 UTC | +8.00 UTC | +9.00 UTC | +10.00 UTC | |
| Myanmar | Cambodia | Brunei | East Timor | Papua New Guinea | |
| Indonesia * | China | Indonesia * | |||
| Laos | Hong Kong | Japan | |||
| Mongolia * | Indonesia * | North Korea | |||
| Thailand | Macau | South Korea | |||
| Vietnam | Malaysia | ||||
| Mongolia * | |||||
| Philippines | |||||
| Singapore | |||||
| = multiple time zones | Taiwan |