Current time in Kunming, 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
- Yunnan, China · 25.04° N, 102.72° E
- Population
- 3,855,346
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Kunming at about 13:09 standard time: the clock runs about 1 h 9 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 12:53 and 13:23 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:13 | 19:20 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:19 | 20:01 | 13h 42m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:58 | 19:04 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 22) | 07:50 | 18:25 | 10h 35m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 07:00–18:58 (11 h 58 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.