Time difference between Hong Kong and Shanghai
Shanghai and Hong Kong are on the same time.
Right now it is in Hong Kong
and in Shanghai.
When it is 12:00 noon in Hong Kong, it is 12:00 PM in Shanghai.
Hong Kong GMT+8 · UTC+8 
Shanghai GMT+8 · UTC+8 Difference Same local time
Best time to call
Both in office hours (9–17) Both awake (7–22) One side asleep
Hours shown in Hong Kong time. The working-day overlap runs 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM in Hong Kong, which is 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM in Shanghai — schedule calls in that window.
Hour-by-hour conversion
| Hong Kong (GMT+8) | Shanghai (GMT+8) | Call quality |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 12:00 AM | Off hours |
| 1:00 AM | 1:00 AM | Off hours |
| 2:00 AM | 2:00 AM | Off hours |
| 3:00 AM | 3:00 AM | Off hours |
| 4:00 AM | 4:00 AM | Off hours |
| 5:00 AM | 5:00 AM | Off hours |
| 6:00 AM | 6:00 AM | Off hours |
| 7:00 AM | 7:00 AM | OK |
| 8:00 AM | 8:00 AM | OK |
| 9:00 AM | 9:00 AM | Best |
| 10:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Best |
| 11:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Best |
| 12:00 PM | 12:00 PM | Best |
| 1:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Best |
| 2:00 PM | 2:00 PM | Best |
| 3:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Best |
| 4:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Best |
| 5:00 PM | 5:00 PM | OK |
| 6:00 PM | 6:00 PM | OK |
| 7:00 PM | 7:00 PM | OK |
| 8:00 PM | 8:00 PM | OK |
| 9:00 PM | 9:00 PM | OK |
| 10:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Off hours |
| 11:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Off hours |
Daylight saving time note
The difference between Hong Kong and Shanghai stays at the same figure all year — their clock changes (if any) line up, so no week of the year shifts the gap.
Why the time difference exists
Though they use different zone names, Hong Kong and Shanghai both settle on UTC+8. They hold that shared time steady right through the year. Shanghai sits roughly 1,200 km to the northeast of Hong Kong.
There's next to no time shift to adjust to when you travel between the two. The direct distance works out to roughly 2 hours in the air. Line up a shared window before you call and the rest is easy.
