Time in Guangzhou
It is 10:27 on Thursday, 17 September 2026 in Guangzhou. Guangzhou 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.
Guangzhou shares Asia/Shanghai at UTC+08:00 year-round. The Pearl River Delta’s manufacturing and trade calendars sit on the same civil clock as Beijing and Shanghai.
Factory and office hours often begin around 08:30–09:00. Southeast Asian partners overlap strongly; US morning calls usually mean Guangzhou evenings.
Canton Fair logistics run on Beijing Time. Cross-border trucks into Vietnam jump to UTC+07:00 at the border — that is a zone change, not a Guangzhou setting.
Guangzhou time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+08:00
- Abbreviation
- CST
- IANA
- Asia/Shanghai
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Guangzhou
Guangzhou is currently on its standard offset. Guangzhou 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 Guangzhou today
The sun rises at 06:14 and sets at 18:29, giving 12 h 15 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 12:21, 22 minutes after the clock reads twelve, because Guangzhou sits west of the 120° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 06:14
- Sunset
- 18:29
- Daylight
- 12 h 15 m
- Solar noon
- 12:21Solar 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 Guangzhou
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Guangzhou and the same hours in other major cities.
Same clock as Guangzhou
These cities share Asia/Shanghai, so they show the same civil time as Guangzhou right now. Compare them with cities in other zones for a real time difference.
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About Guangzhou
- Population
- 18,676,605The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Region
- Guangdong
- Coordinates
- 23.1300° N, 113.2600° 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 and Cantonese
- Airports
- CANGuangzhou Baiyun InternationalArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Guangzhou local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Guangzhou
- What time is it in Guangzhou right now?
- It is 10:27 in Guangzhou as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Guangzhou uses the IANA zone Asia/Shanghai, currently +08:00.
- Which time zone is Guangzhou in?
- Guangzhou 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 Guangzhou observe daylight saving time?
- No. Guangzhou stays on +08:00 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Guangzhou ahead of or behind UTC?
- Guangzhou is currently at +08:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Guangzhou is 20:00.
Well-known places in Guangzhou
If you are checking the time in Guangzhou because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- Canton TowerRead more on Wikipedia
- Huaisheng MosqueRead more on Wikipedia
- Guangzhou Opera HouseRead more on Wikipedia