Time Difference
China is set to Beijing time:
Geographically, China covers five time zones (Zhongyuan Time Zone, Longshu Time Zone, Tibet Time Zone, Kunlun Time Zone and Changbai Time Zone). However, the standard times used in Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan Province are the same, for they are all in the same time zone (UTC+8), 8 hours ahead of the Universal Time Coordinated.
World Time Difference to China
The time in China is 13 hours ahead of New York, 12 hours ahead of Toronto, and 2 hours behind Melbourne. When Beijing is 12:00 at noon, the standard times in other main cities are as follows:
| City | Time | City | Time | City | Time |
| Baghdad | 06:00 | Helsinki | 06:00 | Pyongyang | 13:00 |
| Bangkok | 11:00 | Ho Chi Minh City | 11:00 | Rangoon | 10:00 |
| Berlin | 05:30 | Honolulu | 18:00 | Rio de Janeiro | 01:00 |
| Berne | 05:00 | Irkutsk | 12:00 | Rome | 05:30 |
| Bombay | 09:30 | Jakarta | 11:30 | Rwanda | 05:00 |
| Brussels | 04:00 | Karachi | 09:00 | San Francisco | 20:00 |
| Bucharest | 06:00 | Khartoum | 06:00 | Santiago | 24:00 |
| Budapest | 05:00 | Kuala Lumpur | 11:30 | Seoul | 13:00 |
| Buenos Aires | 01:00 | Leningrad | 07:00 | Singapore | 11:30 |
| Cairo | 06:00 | Lisbon | 04:00 | Sofia | 06:00 |
| Calcutta | 09:00 | London | 04:00 | Stockholm | 05:00 |
| Cape Town | 06:00 | Manila | 12:00 | Surabaya | 11:30 |
| Casablanca | 04:00 | Melbourne | 14:00 | Sydney | 14:00 |
| Colombo | 09:30 | Mexico City | 21:00 | Teheran | 06:00 |
| Conakry | 04:00 | Montreal | 23:00 | Tirana | 05:00 |
| Copenhagen | 05:00 | Moscow | 07:00 | Tokyo | 13:00 |
| Damascus | 06:00 | New Delhi | 09:30 | Tunisia | 05:00 |
| Geneva | 05:00 | New York | 23:00 | Vancouver | 20:00 |
| Guatemala City | 22:00 | Osaka | 13:00 | Vienna | 05:00 |
| Haiphong | 11:00 | Panama City | 23:00 | Warsaw | 05:00 |
| Hanoi | 11:00 | Paris | 04:00 | Washington | 23:00 |
| Havana | 23:00 | Prague | 05:00 | Wellington | 16:00 |
For more information, please check the website: http://www.worldtimeserver.com . If you have any further questions, do feel free to contact us by tourpackages@chinatraveldepot.com
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