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Current time in Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Friday, 25 September 2026

Hong Kong Standard TimeUTC+08:00

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Hong Kong time at a glance

Country
Hong Kong
Location
Capital city of Hong Kong
Time zone
Asia/Hong_Kong
UTC offset now
UTC+08:00
Current zone label
GMT+8
Next clock change
No upcoming change available

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Hong Kong time guide

Does Hong Kong change its clocks?

No. Hong Kong stays on UTC+08:00 throughout the year and does not make a seasonal clock change. The current calculated offset is UTC+08:00.
Year-round offset
Hong Kong Time (HKT), UTC+08:00
Time-zone identifier
Asia/Hong_Kong
Hong Kong and London
8 hours ahead during GMT; 7 hours ahead during BST
Hong Kong and New York
13 hours ahead during EST; 12 hours ahead during EDT

Territory and districts

Hong Kong statistics cover several geographic concepts

Hong Kong is divided into 18 District Council districts across Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories. The 2025 land-based non-institutional population was 7,400,500, a territory-wide statistical measure rather than a count for a single city centre.

Time-zone identity for Hong Kong

IANA zone
Asia/Hong_Kong
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.

Hong Kong is currently 8 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Clock changes in Hong Kong

370-day checked horizon

No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 30 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.

Time-zone history

UTC offset changes for Hong Kong

A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Hong_Kong, 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.

Capital city context

About Hong Kong, capital of Hong Kong

Hong Kong is the capital of Hong Kong. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.

Capital status
Capital of Hong Kong
Administrative area
Hong Kong
Population
7,396,076
Coordinates
22.2783° N, 114.1747° E. The elevation is 60 metres.

Nearby city clocks

Cities near Hong Kong

Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Hong Kong. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.

Sources for Hong Kong time and city facts

Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.

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