Time difference between London and Shanghai

Updated live in your browser · IANA time zone database (Europe/London, Asia/Shanghai)

London BST · UTC+1

Shanghai GMT+8 · UTC+8

Difference 7 hours — Shanghai is ahead of London

Best time to call

Hours shown in London time. The working-day overlap runs 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM in London, which is 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM in Shanghai — schedule calls in that window.

Hour-by-hour conversion

Daylight saving time note

London and Shanghai do not change their clocks on the same date. Between October 25, 2026 and March 28, 2027 the difference is 8 hours behind Shanghai — because London changes its clocks for daylight saving time while Shanghai keeps the same time all year.

For the rest of the year the difference holds steady at 7 hours. Every time on this page is computed from the IANA database at the moment you load it, so the tables above already account for whichever side has switched.

Why the time difference exists

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