Compare the current time in every country against the country you are in right now, in real time. Search and add as many countries as you like, set your current country, pick the exact time zone or city when a country spans several zones, and instantly see who is ahead, who is behind, and by how many hours. Daylight saving time (summer time) and winter time are applied automatically for every zone and for any date you plan ahead. Built for business travelers, expats, and anyone running cross-border work. Planning calls with China? Times in China always mean Beijing time — one national clock, UTC+8, no daylight saving. Looking for the time in Beijing right now? The live Beijing clock is on this page, right below the tool.
World Time Comparison
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Tip: typing a country name lists every time zone it has — for example “United States” shows New York, Chicago, Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Anchorage and Honolulu, and “Australia” shows Sydney / Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Darwin, Perth and Lord Howe Island. Typing a city name works too. Every country that has a choice of zones also gets a time zone selector on its card. Countries with a single national time zone (for example China, which uses Beijing Time nationwide) show one time only.
Meeting Planner
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Pick a time in your current country, and see the local time in every country and zone you have added above. Daylight saving time is applied for the chosen date, not just for today.
Times in China: Time in Beijing, One National Clock
Beijing time now–:–:–China Standard Time · UTC+8 · no daylight saving — the same clock everywhere in China
Times in China follow one national standard: every province and city — Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu and Urumqi alike — runs on the same clock, China Standard Time (CST, UTC+8), with no daylight saving time and no seasonal clock changes. When someone asks for the time in China, the answer is always Beijing time.
The time in Beijing governs business schedules across the country. Beijing times that matter for foreign teams: the working day runs roughly 09:00–18:00 Beijing time, which for a team in the United States or Europe falls on the previous evening or the early morning — exact conversion depends on the season, so use the live comparison tool above to convert any meeting time to and from Beijing time precisely, with daylight saving applied for the date you pick.
Whether you searched for “time China Beijing”, “time in Beijing” or “Beijing times”, the answer is the same: Beijing time is UTC+8, all year round. Add China in the comparison tool above and it will sit beside your own city on every card, hour by hour.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I compare the country I am in with another country?+
Search for and select your current country in the first search box, then use the second search box to add as many countries as you like. Each card shows its current local time, date, UTC offset, whether that zone is on daylight saving time (summer time) or standard time (winter time), and the exact time difference against the country you are in.
Are all countries of the world included?+
Yes. The tool covers every country in the world — 198 countries and 247 time zones. Start typing a country name or a city name in the search box and the list filters instantly.
What about countries with more than one time zone?+
Countries that genuinely span several time zones each offer all of their zones, and nothing is repeated: 17 countries have a choice. Type the country name and every zone it has appears in the list — for example the United States gives New York (Eastern), Chicago (Central), Denver (Mountain), Phoenix (Arizona), Los Angeles (Pacific), Anchorage (Alaska) and Honolulu (Hawaii); Russia gives eleven zones from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka; Australia gives Sydney / Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Darwin, Perth and Lord Howe Island. Each such country also gets a time zone selector on its card, you can add the same country twice with different zones (New York and Los Angeles side by side), and typing a city name such as “Chicago” or “Perth” jumps straight to that zone. Zones that would always show the same time are merged into a single entry (for example Sydney and Melbourne), so you never see two identical options.
Does China have more than one time zone?+
No. China uses a single national time zone, Beijing Time (UTC+8), across the whole country, so this tool shows one time for China.
Is daylight saving time (summer time) handled automatically?+
Yes, fully automatically. Every card is calculated from the IANA time zone database through your browser’s own time zone engine, so daylight saving time and winter time are switched over on the correct dates for each country, including countries in the southern hemisphere such as Australia, New Zealand, Chile and Brazil, where summer time runs in the opposite part of the year. Each card shows a DST badge while daylight saving time is in effect and a Standard time badge outside it. The Meeting Planner applies the correct offset for the date you choose, so a call booked in July and a call booked in December are both converted correctly.
Can I plan a meeting across multiple time zones?+
Yes. Use the Meeting Planner to enter a date and time in your current country, and the tool instantly shows the corresponding local time and date in every country and time zone you have added, using the correct daylight saving or winter offset for that date.
What time is it in Beijing right now?+
The live clock in the Times in China section above shows the current Beijing time, updated every second. China uses a single national time zone — Beijing Time, UTC+8 — with no daylight saving, so the time in Beijing is the time everywhere in China, all year round.
Why does China use one time zone for the whole country?+
China has used a single national standard time since 1949. One clock — Beijing Time (UTC+8) — keeps transport, banking, broadcasting and government schedules aligned across the country, even in western regions where sunrise and sunset arrive later. For business with China, it means one time to remember: times in China are always Beijing times.
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