Time ZonesWhat UTC+8 means
A clock set to UTC+8 shows UTC plus 8 hours. When it is 12:00 noon UTC, it is 8:00 pm here. Compared with India (UTC+5:30) it is 2 hours 30 minutes ahead.
Converting to and from UTC+8
To turn UTC into this time, add 8 hours. To go back to UTC, subtract the same amount. Three examples: 6:00 am UTC is 2:00 pm here; 3:00 pm UTC is 11:00 pm here; 9:00 am here is 1:00 am UTC. The calendar date changes whenever the sum passes midnight.
Where UTC+8 sits on the map
The Earth turns 15 degrees of longitude every hour. The line where the sun-time matches UTC+8 exactly is 120° east. The places that use it are spread much wider than that one line. Of the main cities listed below, Kuala Lumpur (101.7° east) is the farthest west and Taipei (121.5° east) the farthest east. By the sun they are about 1 hour 19 minutes apart, yet their clocks agree.
Who is on UTC+8, and when
13 zone areas in 12 countries and territories keep UTC+8 through the whole year. The towns of 15,000 or more there hold about 1.02 billion people (GeoNames figures). Nobody moves on to or off this offset during the year, so the list below is the same in every season.
Noon at UTC+8 elsewhere
When a clock on UTC+8 shows 12:00 noon, it is 9:30 am in India; 4:00 am in London in January and 5:00 am in July; 11:00 pm the previous day in New York in January and 12:00 am in July; 1:00 pm in Tokyo. For any other place or date, use the converter.
Largest cities on this time
Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Taipei, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Taipei City, Quezon City.
All year
These places keep UTC+8 through the whole year.
- Perth, Australia
- Brunei
- Shanghai, China
- Hong Kong
- Makassar, Indonesia
- Macao
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Kuching, Malaysia
- Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Philippines
- Irkutsk, Russia
- Singapore
- Taiwan
Neighbouring offsets: UTC+6:30, UTC+7, UTC+8:45, UTC+9. All UTC offsets.