Time in Shanghai now
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Sunday, September 6, 2026
Shanghai time zone info
UTC +8
China Standard Time (GMT+8)
now 13 hours ahead of Chicago
- Shanghai does not observe daylight saving time.
- The IANA time zone identifier for Shanghai is Asia/Shanghai.
Shanghai's sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time
- Sunrise: 9:45 PM
- Sunset: 10:26 AM
- Day length: 12h 40m
- Culmination: 4:05 AM
- Currently Shanghai time is 475 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.
Time difference
Compared with Shanghai
UTC
−8 hours
Shanghai on the map
- Shanghai is in China.
- Latitude: 31.23. Longitude: 121.47.
- Population: 24,870,848
- China: Population: 1,409,000,000
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