Current time in Chengdu, China
China Standard Time
UTC+08:00- Time zone
- China Standard Time · Asia/Shanghai
- UTC offset now
- UTC+08:00
- Abbreviation
- CST
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC+8 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Sichuan, China · 30.67° N, 104.07° E
- Population
- 13,568,357
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Chengdu at about 13:04 standard time: the clock runs about 1 h 4 min ahead of the sun, a sign that the time zone is set far from local solar time. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:47 and 13:18 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:08 | 19:14 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:01 | 20:09 | 14h 08m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:52 | 18:59 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 22) | 07:57 | 18:07 | 10h 10m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:55–18:51 (11 h 56 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.