Current time in Ürümqi, 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
- Xinjiang, China · 43.80° N, 87.60° E
- Population
- 3,029,372
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Ürümqi at about 14:10 standard time: the clock runs about 2 h 10 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 13:53 and 14:24 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 08:13 | 20:21 | 12h 08m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:27 | 21:55 | 15h 28m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 07:57 | 20:05 | 12h 08m |
| December solstice (Dec 22) | 09:40 | 18:35 | 8h 55m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 08:04–19:54 (11 h 50 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.