Time in Shenzhen
It is 10:26 on Thursday, 17 September 2026 in Shenzhen. Shenzhen 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.
Shenzhen runs on UTC+08:00 China Standard Time with no daylight saving. Tech and logistics firms sit one hour ahead of much of Southeast Asia’s UTC+07:00 belt.
Office culture often starts near 09:00 and runs late. Hong Kong is the same offset; California mornings land in the Shenzhen late evening or night.
Hong Kong is the same numeric offset but a different IANA id (Asia/Hong_Kong). Keep both in software if you ever need a rule split; do not merge them to save a dropdown.
Shenzhen time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+08:00
- Abbreviation
- CST
- IANA
- Asia/Shanghai
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Shenzhen
Shenzhen is currently on its standard offset. Shenzhen 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 Shenzhen today
The sun rises at 06:11 and sets at 18:25, giving 12 h 15 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 12:18, 18 minutes after the clock reads twelve, because Shenzhen sits west of the 120° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 06:11
- Sunset
- 18:25
- Daylight
- 12 h 15 m
- Solar noon
- 12:18Solar 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 Shenzhen
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Shenzhen and the same hours in other major cities.
Same clock as Shenzhen
These cities share Asia/Shanghai, so they show the same civil time as Shenzhen right now. Compare them with cities in other zones for a real time difference.
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About Shenzhen
- Population
- 17,494,398The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Region
- Guangdong
- Coordinates
- 22.5467° N, 114.0544° 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
- SZXShenzhen Bao'an InternationalArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Shenzhen local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Shenzhen
- What time is it in Shenzhen right now?
- It is 10:26 in Shenzhen as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Shenzhen uses the IANA zone Asia/Shanghai, currently +08:00.
- Which time zone is Shenzhen in?
- Shenzhen 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 Shenzhen observe daylight saving time?
- No. Shenzhen stays on +08:00 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Shenzhen ahead of or behind UTC?
- Shenzhen is currently at +08:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Shenzhen is 20:00.
Well-known places in Shenzhen
If you are checking the time in Shenzhen because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- Window of the WorldRead more on Wikipedia