Time zone of China
The time in China (Beijing) follows the Asia/Shanghai time zone, currently UTC+8. 11 hours ahead of Brasília.
China
06:11:00
Brasília
19:11:00
How to call or schedule a meeting with China
When it is 9:00 in Brasília, it is 20:00 in China; when it is 18:00 in Brasília, it is 05:00 (next day) there. Business hours do not overlap, so agree on a time outside the working day on one side.
China: sunrise today at 06:40 · sunset at 17:15 · see details
See also the world time table to compare several cities at once, the meeting planner and the time zones guide to understand how the difference is calculated.
Country facts
- Capital
- Beijing
- Continent
- Asia
- Area
- 9,596,960 km² (3,705,405 sq mi)
- Population
- about 1.3 billion inhabitants (old estimate, 2014)
- Currency
- Chinese yuan (renminbi) (CNY)
- Languages
- Chinese, Cantonese, Wu Chinese
- Calling code
- +86
- Internet domain
- .cn
Neighbouring countries and time difference right now
- Laos −1 h
- Bhutan −2 h
- Tajikistan −3 h
- Kazakhstan −3 h
- Mongolia same time
- Afghanistan −3 h 30 min
- Nepal −2 h 15 min
- Myanmar −1 h 30 min
- Kyrgyzstan −2 h
- Pakistan −3 h
- North Korea +1 h
- Russia −5 h
- Vietnam −1 h
- India −2 h 30 min
The difference compares each neighbour's time with the time in China right now.
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