Time in Chengdu
It is 10:26 on Thursday, 17 September 2026 in Chengdu. Chengdu is in China. Civil time uses the IANA zone Asia/Shanghai at +08:00 from UTC (not in effect). Use the live clock below for the current local time, then jump to a difference or conversion when you need meeting math.
Chengdu uses Asia/Shanghai at UTC+08:00 despite sitting far inland. Sunrise and sunset feel later on the clock than on the east coast, but the civil offset never changes.
Business hours commonly cluster around 09:00–18:00. Treat Chengdu as Beijing Time for meeting math; the difference is solar, not administrative.
Inland solar noon here is later than on the east coast. Night-shift plants that key lights to “18:00” are following the national clock, not dusk.
Chengdu time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+08:00
- Abbreviation
- CST
- IANA
- Asia/Shanghai
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Chengdu
Chengdu is currently on its standard offset. Chengdu does not change its clocks. The offset stays +08:00 all year, so the gap to other cities only moves when the other side changes.
Daylight in Chengdu today
The sun rises at 06:49 and sets at 19:07, giving 12 h 18 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 12:58, 58 minutes after the clock reads twelve, because Chengdu sits west of the 120° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 06:49
- Sunset
- 19:07
- Daylight
- 12 h 18 m
- Solar noon
- 12:58Solar noon is when the sun sits highest in the sky. It drifts from clock noon across a time zone, which is why one clock can span very different days.
Best time to call Chengdu
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Chengdu and the same hours in other major cities.
Same clock as Chengdu
These cities share Asia/Shanghai, so they show the same civil time as Chengdu right now. Compare them with cities in other zones for a real time difference.
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About Chengdu
- Population
- 20,937,757The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Region
- Sichuan
- Coordinates
- 30.6600° N, 104.0633° ELatitude is what drives the sunrise and sunset times above.
- Currency
- Chinese Yuan (CNY)
- Calling code
- +86Dial this after your international access prefix, and check the overlap table above before you call.
- Languages
- Chinese
- Airports
- TFUChengdu Tianfu InternationalCTUChengdu Shuangliu InternationalArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Chengdu local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Chengdu
- What time is it in Chengdu right now?
- It is 10:26 in Chengdu as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Chengdu uses the IANA zone Asia/Shanghai, currently +08:00.
- Which time zone is Chengdu in?
- Chengdu is in the CST time zone (Asia/Shanghai), currently +08:00. Always store the identifier rather than the offset — the offset changes with daylight saving, the identifier does not.
- Does Chengdu observe daylight saving time?
- No. Chengdu stays on +08:00 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Chengdu ahead of or behind UTC?
- Chengdu is currently at +08:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Chengdu is 20:00.
Well-known places in Chengdu
If you are checking the time in Chengdu because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda BreedingRead more on Wikipedia
- Jinsha siteRead more on Wikipedia
- West Pearl TowerRead more on Wikipedia