Current time in Xining, 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
- Qinghai, China · 36.63° N, 101.76° E
- Population
- 1,677,177
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Xining at about 13:13 standard time: the clock runs about 1 h 13 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 12:56 and 13:27 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:17 | 19:24 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:54 | 20:34 | 14h 40m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 07:01 | 19:08 | 12h 08m |
| December solstice (Dec 22) | 08:21 | 18:01 | 9h 39m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 07:06–18:59 (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.