Time ZonesAbout this time zone
Urumqi is one of the 2 time zone areas of China. Computers and phones know it by the zone name Asia/Urumqi. Its time is UTC+6, which means it is 6 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) all year round. Compared with India (IST), it is 30 minutes ahead of India.
Clock changes in 2026 and 2027
Urumqi does not change its clocks in 2026 or 2027. The time stays at UTC+6 all year, so there is no daylight saving time to remember.
Time difference with major cities
| When it is 12:00 noon in Urumqi, it is | In January 2026 | In July 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| India | 11:30 am30 minutes behind | 11:30 am30 minutes behind |
| United Kingdom | 6:00 am6 hours behind | 7:00 am5 hours behind |
| France | 7:00 am5 hours behind | 8:00 am4 hours behind |
| New York, United States | 1:00 am11 hours behind | 2:00 am10 hours behind |
| Chicago, United States | 12:00 am12 hours behind | 1:00 am11 hours behind |
| Los Angeles, United States | 10:00 pm previous day14 hours behind | 11:00 pm previous day13 hours behind |
| United Arab Emirates | 10:00 am2 hours behind | 10:00 am2 hours behind |
| Singapore | 2:00 pm2 hours ahead | 2:00 pm2 hours ahead |
| Japan | 3:00 pm3 hours ahead | 3:00 pm3 hours ahead |
| Sydney, Australia | 5:00 pm5 hours ahead | 4:00 pm4 hours ahead |
The table uses the offsets in force in mid January and mid July 2026. Use the converter for any other date.
Clock time and sun time in Urumqi
A time zone is an agreement, and the sun does not follow it exactly. Ürümqi, the largest city in this zone, lies at about 87.6° east. Each degree of longitude is worth four minutes, so by the sun alone its time would be about 5 hours 50 minutes ahead of UTC. The clock is set to UTC+6. The sun is therefore highest in the sky at about 12:10 pm by the clock, not at 12:00. That is a close match: clock and sun agree to within a quarter of an hour. Other places in the zone, to the east or west of Ürümqi, see the sun peak a little earlier or later. Through the year the figure also drifts by up to a quarter of an hour either way.
How long the day is
Ürümqi is about 43.8° north of the equator. On the longest day of the year, around 21 June, the sun is up for about 15 hours 28 minutes. On the shortest, around 21 December, for about 8 hours 54 minutes. That is a swing of about 6 hours 33 minutes between summer and winter, yet the clocks here stay the same all year.
Office hours shared with other places
If both sides work from 9 am to 6 pm, these are the hours when a call falls inside the working day at both ends. Times are for Urumqi.
- With India, all year: 9:30 am to 6:00 pm here, which is 9:00 am to 5:30 pm in India (8 hours 30 minutes shared).
- With London, in January: 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm here, which is 9:00 am to 12:00 pm in London (3 hours shared). In July: 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm here, which is 9:00 am to 1:00 pm in London (4 hours shared).
- With New York, in January: no shared office hour: 9:00 am here is 10:00 pm in New York, and 6:00 pm here is 7:00 am there, so one side has to start early or stay late. In July: no shared office hour: 9:00 am here is 11:00 pm in New York, and 6:00 pm here is 8:00 am there, so one side has to start early or stay late.
How many people keep this time
The GeoNames list has 115 towns and cities of 15,000 people or more in this zone area, with about 13 million people between them. People in villages and smaller towns are not in that count, so the true number on this clock is higher.
Cities that keep this time
The largest cities in this zone: Ürümqi, Shihezi, Korla, Aqsu, Kashgar, Gujangbagh, Huocheng, Artux, Xinyuan, Turpan, Ghulja, Karamay, Hami, Changji.
Places with exactly the same time
These zones show the same time as Urumqi through the whole year: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Omsk, Russia, Thimphu, Bhutan.
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