Time in Hong Kong
It is 10:28 on Thursday, 17 September 2026 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is in Hong Kong. Civil time uses the IANA zone Asia/Hong_Kong 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.
Hong Kong uses Asia/Hong_Kong at UTC+08:00 all year — no daylight saving. Civil time matches Beijing Time on the clock while remaining a distinct IANA zone from Asia/Shanghai.
Markets and offices commonly open near 09:00. London mornings overlap the Hong Kong afternoon; US East Coast mornings land in the Hong Kong evening, so trans-Pacific deals are often booked late local time.
HKT matches Beijing numerically. Corporate systems that collapsed Asia/Hong_Kong into Asia/Shanghai will be unable to represent a future split. Keep the distinct id.
Hong Kong time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+08:00
- IANA
- Asia/Hong_Kong
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is currently on its standard offset. Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong today
The sun rises at 06:10 and sets at 18:25, giving 12 h 15 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 12:17, 18 minutes after the clock reads twelve, because Hong Kong sits west of the 120° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 06:10
- Sunset
- 18:25
- Daylight
- 12 h 15 m
- Solar noon
- 12:17Solar 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 Hong Kong
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Hong Kong and the same hours in other major cities.
Popular time differences
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About Hong Kong
- Population
- 7,413,070The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Coordinates
- 22.2783° N, 114.1586° ELatitude is what drives the sunrise and sunset times above.
- Currency
- Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
- Calling code
- +852Dial this after your international access prefix, and check the overlap table above before you call.
- Languages
- Chinese and English
- Airports
- HKGHong Kong InternationalArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Hong Kong local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Hong Kong
- What time is it in Hong Kong right now?
- It is 10:28 in Hong Kong as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Hong Kong uses the IANA zone Asia/Hong_Kong, currently +08:00.
- Which time zone is Hong Kong in?
- Hong Kong uses Asia/Hong_Kong, which is currently +08:00. Always store the identifier rather than the offset — the offset changes with daylight saving, the identifier does not.
- Does Hong Kong observe daylight saving time?
- No. Hong Kong stays on +08:00 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Hong Kong ahead of or behind UTC?
- Hong Kong is currently at +08:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Hong Kong is 20:00.