Current time in Beijing
Friday, 17 July 2026
Beijing, China · Asia/Shanghai · UTC+08:00
Time-zone identity for Beijing
- IANA zone
Asia/Shanghai- UTC offset now
- UTC+08:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+8
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Beijing is currently 8 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Beijing
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 22 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Weather now
Weather in Beijing
Conditions near Beijing and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Smoky haze
- Feels like
- 26°C
- Humidity
- 89%
- Wind
- 4 km/h S
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Smoky haze25°C to 32°C57% chance of precipitationWind up to 16.6 km/h
- Sunny23°C to 31°C6% chance of precipitationWind up to 13 km/h
- Sunny24°C to 34°C36% chance of precipitationWind up to 14 km/h
Forecast valid from 05:45 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T22:04:42.279Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T22:19:42.279Z.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Beijing
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Shanghai, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Beijing
Daily astronomical events for Friday, 17 July 2026, expressed in Asia/Shanghai local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 05:00
- Sunset
- 19:41
- Solar noon
- 12:21
- Civil twilight
- 04:28–20:13
Moon
- Moonrise
- 08:05
- Moonset
- 21:36
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 10%
Capital city context
About Beijing, capital of China
Beijing is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of China. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.
- Capital status
- Capital of China
- Administrative area
- China
- Population
- 18,960,744
- Coordinates
- 39.9075° N, 116.3972° E. The elevation is 49 metres.
Country context
China at a glance
Country information for China. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Beijing is the listed capital.
- Country codes
- CN · CHN · 156
- Population
- 1,411,778,724
- Currency
- Chinese Yuan (CNY)
- Calling code
- +86
- Languages
- Chinese (China), Cantonese, Wu Chinese, and dta, and 2 more
- Time zones represented
- 3 time zones are used by cities in this directory: Asia/Macau, Asia/Shanghai, and Asia/Urumqi.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Beijing
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Beijing. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- DaxingBeijing, China20 km south
Asia/ShanghaiSame local time - TongzhouBeijing, China23 km east
Asia/ShanghaiSame local time - MentougouBeijing, China26 km west
Asia/ShanghaiSame local time - LiangxiangBeijing, China30 km southwest
Asia/ShanghaiSame local time - ShunyiBeijing, China32 km northeast
Asia/ShanghaiSame local time - ChangpingBeijing, China37 km north
Asia/ShanghaiSame local time
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for Asia/Shanghai when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 1816670 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T22:04:42.245Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T22:04:42.279Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T16:37:54.392Z
View calculation details and sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessedPlace and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One DayUnited States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessedDaily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · version Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · accessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.