Live local time
Shanghai, Chine
07:08:55 AMMonday, April 27, 2026 · Asia/Shanghai
Shanghai
Municipality and largest city in China
Heure locale actuelle
07:08:55 AM
Monday, April 27, 2026
Fuseau horaire
CST
Asia/Shanghai · UTC+08:00
Prochain jour férié
Labour Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Chevauchement d'horaires maintenant
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Shanghai right now
Aéroport le plus proche
SHA
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport · 12 km
Aéroports indexés
25
Curated airport references available for Chine
Snapshot at render time: 07:08:55 AM on Monday, April 27, 2026 in Shanghai (UTC+08:00, CST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 117
Days Remaining
248
Current weather
17°C, Overcast
Feels like 17°C · Humidity 88% · Wind 9 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:13 AM to 06:30 PM
Day length 13h 17m · Solar noon 11:52 AM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Population
24.9M
Coordinates
31.22, 121.46
Timezone
Asia/Shanghai
Aéroports indexés
25
Capital
Beijing
Languages
Chinese
Currency
CNY (¥)
Country area
9,706,961 km²
Shanghai (rank #1 by population in this dataset) sits at Asia/Shanghai (CST, UTC+08:00) with roughly 24.9M residents, anchoring local-time questions for Chine.
The coordinates 31.22°N, 121.46°E put Shanghai roughly 3466 km from the equator in the subtropics of the Northern Hemisphere, which is why the page expects warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 05:13 AM and sets around 06:30 PM in Shanghai — about 13h 17m of daylight. Chine stays on standard time here, so UTC+08:00 is stable through the year.
Huangpu (3 km from Shanghai) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 25 curated airport pages indexed for Chine.
Shanghai planners should mark 2026-05-01 (Labour Day); that's the next national holiday signal in view.
Monday, April 27, 2026
Timezone
CST
IANA Zone
Asia/Shanghai
UTC Offset
UTC+08:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 117
Days Remaining
248
Quarter
Q2
London
-7h
New York
-12h
Los Angeles
-15h
Dubai
-4h
Singapore
+0h
Tokyo
+1h
Sydney
+2h
São Paulo
-11h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Shanghai.
Shanghai is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. It has a population of 29,558,908 in the urban area as of 2025. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River bisecting the city. Shanghai is a global center for finance, business and economics, research, science and technology, manufacturing, transportation, tourism, and culture. The Port of Shanghai is the world's busiest container port. As of 2022, the Greater Shanghai metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (nominal) of nearly 13 trillion RMB.
Distance-wise, Shanghai is closest to Tokyo (~1,756 km), Singapore (~3,804 km), Dubai (~6,425 km); São Paulo is the far end at roughly 18,564 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Shanghai sits inside Chine — the Eastern Asia subregion, capital Beijing, languages Chinese, currency CNY (¥).
Around Shanghai, the nearest mapped reference cities are Huangpu (3 km), Xuhui (3 km), Changning (4 km), Jing’an (4 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for CST planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Shanghai: Labour Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Chine.
Closest curated airport references from Shanghai: SHA Shanghai (Minhang) (12 km), PVG Shanghai (Pudong) (34 km), WUX Wuxi (102 km).
In 2018, The Panmunjom Declaration is signed between North and South Korea, officially declaring their intentions to end the Korean conflict.
China uses one national civil time across a physically wide country, which is one of the best timezone-policy facts the site can highlight.
Shanghai Hongqiao International AirportSHA
Shanghai (Minhang) · 12 km from Shanghai
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 46m
Shanghai Pudong International AirportPVG
Shanghai (Pudong) · 34 km from Shanghai
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 48m
Sunan Shuofang International AirportWUX
Wuxi · 102 km from Shanghai
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 53m
Hangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportHGH
Hangzhou · 147 km from Shanghai
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 56m
Nanjing Lukou International AirportNKG
Nanjing · 252 km from Shanghai
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 4m
Exchange snapshot
1 CNY = 0.125 EUR · 1 CNY = 0.108 GBP · 1 CNY = 0.146 USD
As of 2026-04-24
On this day
2018: The Panmunjom Declaration is signed between North and South Korea, officially declaring their intentions to end the Korean conflict.
2012: At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.
2011: The 2011 Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. Two hundred five tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 12:08 AM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 07:08 PM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 04:08 PM | -15h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 03:08 AM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 07:08 AM | +0h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 08:08 AM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 09:08 AM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 08:08 PM | -11h | Check the overlap widget below |
Shanghai Hongqiao International AirportSHA
Shanghai (Minhang) · 12 km away
Shanghai Pudong International AirportPVG
Shanghai (Pudong) · 34 km away
Sunan Shuofang International AirportWUX
Wuxi · 102 km away
Hangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportHGH
Hangzhou · 147 km away
Nanjing Lukou International AirportNKG
Nanjing · 252 km away
Shanghai est dans le fuseau horaire Asia/Shanghai (CST), avec un décalage UTC de +08:00.
Shanghai n'observe pas actuellement l'heure d'été.
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Shanghai est UTC+08:00.
Shanghai sits at 31.22°N, 121.46°E in Chine, with about 24.9M residents (rank #1 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Shanghai is Tokyo, about 1,756 km away as the crow flies.
Huangpu is the closest indexed city, roughly 3 km from Shanghai.
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) is the closest curated airport reference, about 12 km from Shanghai.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Chine, on vendredi 1 mai 2026.
