Asia · China
Current time in Nanjing
China Standard Time.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Daylight saving
Not observed
This zone has no seasonal clock change.
About Nanjing time
Nanjing keeps one clock.
Nanjing, China keeps City Standard Time (CST, UTC+8) all year. With nearly 10 million residents, its business hours line up with Beijing and Shanghai culture that values early starts and evening gatherings. You’ll find government offices bustling by 8:00 AM and night markets buzzing past 10:00 PM. No daylight saving has been used since 1991, so planning stays simple all year.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Nanjing's time zone, daylight saving rules, and scheduling across it. Can't find what you need? Email [email protected].
- Is Nanjing on the same time as Beijing?
- Yes. All of China uses the same official time zone (CST, UTC+8), so Nanjing, Beijing, Shanghai, and Urumqi share an identical clock time, even though Nanjing is much further east than western China.
- Does Nanjing observe daylight saving time?
- No. China discontinued daylight saving in 1992, so Nanjing has a fixed UTC+8 offset throughout the year.
- What are typical working hours in Nanjing?
- Many offices and government agencies start around 8:00–9:00 AM and finish by 5:30–6:00 PM in CST. Some tech firms and state-owned enterprises use flexible or compressed weeks, but the rhythms stay within the single national time zone.
- How does the single time zone affect life in Nanjing compared with western China?
- Nanjing sits near the geographic center for China’s standard meridian, so sunrise and sunset feel very close to the official clock time. People in western Xinjiang, which theoretically has two or more local time zones, unofficially use a shifted schedule to match daylight, yet their clocks still match Nanjing’s CST.
- When does the sun rise and set in Nanjing around the solstices?
- Around the summer solstice, the sun rises near 4:55 AM and sets near 7:15 PM in CST; near the winter solstice, sunrise is near 7:00 AM and sunset around 5:05 PM, giving long summer days and short winter days.
- Is public transportation bad when working hours end in Nanjing?
- Rush in Nanjing centers on 7:30–9:00 AM and 5:00–7:00 PM local time, like many large Chinese cities. Commuters can face crowded metros and buses, but the consistent UTC+8 offset makes national train schedules intuitive—train times printed anywhere in China are all in CST.
- How did daylight saving work in China and Nanjing historically?
- China briefly experimented with seasonal clocks (UTC+9) in some years of the 1980s, but stopped in 1991. Since then in Nanjing the offset has permanently been UTC+8.
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