Taipei, Taiwan
Current time in Taiwan
Time zone: CST (UTC/GMT +08:00) — Asia/Taipei
| Taipei, officially known as Taipei City, is the capital city and a special municipality of the Republic of China on Taiwan. Sitting at the northern tip of the state, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City. It is about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city Keelung. Most of the city is located on the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed bounded by the two relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border. |
| From Wikipedia |
Time zone in Taipei
Local time here is CST, which sits 8 hours ahead of UTC, written UTC+08:00. The canonical zone name is Asia/Taipei, and that is what to pick from a time zone dropdown.
Taipei 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.
Taipei compared with major world cities
Current gap between Taipei and cities people most often need to coordinate with. These figures already account for daylight saving where it applies.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Taipei is 12 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Taipei is 15 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Taipei is 7 hours ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Taipei is 6 hours ahead |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Taipei is 4 hours ahead |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Taipei is 2 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | same time as Taipei |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Taipei is 1 hour behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Taipei is 2 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Taipei is 11 hours ahead |
Working hours that match Taipei
Usable call slots from Taipei, taking business hours as 09:00 to 17:00 in both places.
| Shanghai | 09:00–17:00 in Taipei | 8 hours overlap |
| Tokyo | 09:00–16:00 in Taipei | 7 hours overlap |
| Sydney | 09:00–15:00 in Taipei | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 11:30–17:00 in Taipei | 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.
Sharing Taipei's time zone
Same zone, same time — each of these sits on Asia/Taipei alongside Taipei, including through any clock change.
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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 |