Current time in Taiyuan, 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
- Shanxi, China · 37.87° N, 112.56° E
- Population
- 4,303,673
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Taiyuan at about 12:30 standard time: the clock runs about 30 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:13 and 12:44 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:33 | 18:41 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:07 | 19:55 | 14h 48m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:18 | 18:25 | 12h 08m |
| December solstice (Dec 22) | 07:42 | 17:14 | 9h 32m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:23–18:16 (11 h 53 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.