Time in Chongqing
It is 09:27 on Thursday, 17 September 2026 in Chongqing. Chongqing 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.
Chongqing uses China Standard Time at UTC+08:00 even though it lies well west of the east-coast megacities. Civil noon here arrives later relative to the sun than in Shanghai.
Local business days still track the national 09:00–18:00 pattern on the clock. When coordinating abroad, treat Chongqing as identical to Beijing Time — only daylight and habits differ.
Chongqing’s river valley stays dark later on the clock than Shanghai. If a construction call is “at sunrise,” convert from solar times on this page, not from 06:00 CST.
Chongqing time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+08:00
- Abbreviation
- CST
- IANA
- Asia/Shanghai
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Chongqing
Chongqing is currently on its standard offset. Chongqing 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 Chongqing today
The sun rises at 06:39 and sets at 18:57, giving 12 h 18 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 12:48, 49 minutes after the clock reads twelve, because Chongqing sits west of the 120° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 06:39
- Sunset
- 18:57
- Daylight
- 12 h 18 m
- Solar noon
- 12:48Solar 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 Chongqing
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Chongqing and the same hours in other major cities.
Same clock as Chongqing
These cities share Asia/Shanghai, so they show the same civil time as Chongqing right now. Compare them with cities in other zones for a real time difference.
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About Chongqing
- Population
- 32,054,159The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Coordinates
- 29.5500° N, 106.5069° 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
- CKGChongqing Jiangbei InternationalArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Chongqing local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Chongqing
- What time is it in Chongqing right now?
- It is 09:27 in Chongqing as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Chongqing uses the IANA zone Asia/Shanghai, currently +08:00.
- Which time zone is Chongqing in?
- Chongqing 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 Chongqing observe daylight saving time?
- No. Chongqing stays on +08:00 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Chongqing ahead of or behind UTC?
- Chongqing is currently at +08:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Chongqing is 20:00.
Well-known places in Chongqing
If you are checking the time in Chongqing because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- Chaotianmen BridgeRead more on Wikipedia