Hong Kong, China
Current time in Hong Kong
Time zone: HKT (UTC/GMT +08:00) — Asia/Hong_Kong
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, 8 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT +08:00) Asia/Hong_Kong |
Current Time in other Cities of Hong Kong
Time zone in Hong Kong
The local standard in Hong Kong is HKT — UTC+08:00, or 8 hours ahead of UTC. Systems that store time zones by name use Asia/Hong_Kong for this part of the world.
Hong Kong does not change its clocks. The same UTC+08:00 offset holds in January and July, which makes it a stable anchor for recurring calls.
Time difference between Hong Kong and other cities
How Hong Kong lines up against other major centres at this moment — the numbers move when either side changes its clocks.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Hong Kong is 12 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Hong Kong is 15 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Hong Kong is 7 hours ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Hong Kong is 6 hours ahead |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Hong Kong is 4 hours ahead |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Hong Kong is 2 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | same time as Hong Kong |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Hong Kong is 1 hour behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Hong Kong is 2 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Hong Kong is 11 hours ahead |
Scheduling calls with Hong Kong
Usable call slots from Hong Kong, taking business hours as 09:00 to 17:00 in both places.
| Shanghai | 09:00–17:00 in Hong Kong | 8 hours overlap |
| Tokyo | 09:00–16:00 in Hong Kong | 7 hours overlap |
| Sydney | 09:00–15:00 in Hong Kong | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 11:30–17:00 in Hong Kong | 5.5 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with New York, Los Angeles or Sao Paulo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Cities on the same clock as Hong Kong
These Hong Kong cities also use Asia/Hong_Kong, so their clocks read identically to Hong Kong at every moment of the year.
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Popular cities
| New York, United States |
| London, United Kingdom |
| Paris, France |
| Tokyo, Japan |
| Beijing, China |
| Sydney, Australia |
| Berlin, Germany |
| Moscow, Russia |
| Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Singapore, Singapore |
| Los Angeles, United States |
| Chicago, United States |
| Toronto, Canada |
| Mexico City, Mexico |
| São Paulo, Brazil |
| Mumbai, India |
| Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Seoul, South Korea |
| Istanbul, Turkey |
| Cairo, Egypt |
| Lagos, Nigeria |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Madrid, Spain |
| Rome, Italy |