Time in Beijing now
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Sunday, September 6, 2026
Beijing time zone info
UTC +8
China Standard Time (GMT+8)
now 13 hours ahead of Chicago
- Beijing does not observe daylight saving time.
- The IANA time zone identifier for Beijing is Asia/Shanghai.
Beijing's sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time
- Sunrise: 9:19 PM
- Sunset: 10:12 AM
- Day length: 12h 53m
- Culmination: 3:45 AM
- Currently Beijing time is 495 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.
Time difference
Compared with Beijing
UTC
−8 hours
Beijing on the map
- Beijing is the capital of China.
- Latitude: 39.90. Longitude: 116.41.
- Population: 21,893,095
- China: Population: 1,409,000,000
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