Current time in Lanzhou, 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
- Gansu, China · 36.06° N, 103.84° E
- Population
- 3,000,000
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Lanzhou at about 13:05 standard time: the clock runs about 1 h 5 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 12:48 and 13:19 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:08 | 19:16 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:47 | 20:24 | 14h 37m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:53 | 19:00 | 12h 08m |
| December solstice (Dec 22) | 08:11 | 17:54 | 9h 42m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:57–18:51 (11 h 54 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.