Current time in Guangzhou, China
The current local time in Guangzhou is shown below. Guangzhou observes CST.
What's the daylight saving status?
Guangzhou does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Standard abbreviation
- CST
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇨🇳 China
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Guangzhou?
Although Guangzhou lies at around 113 degrees east, well short of the meridian that defines China Standard Time, the city has used the unified national clock since 1949. Before the Communist standardisation, the Republic of China briefly operated five zones, with Guangzhou in the second of these. The position around 250 kilometres north of Hong Kong, which uses the same offset, makes cross-border meetings trivial in time terms; the binding constraints are the immigration and rail boundaries at Lo Wu and Futian.
What are the working hours in Guangzhou?
Guangzhou's working rhythm is shaped by manufacturing and trade rather than the finance and tech that drive Shanghai and Beijing. The Canton Fair, run twice a year in spring and autumn, is the largest trade show in China and concentrates international buyer activity for around six weeks across April–May and October–November. Conventional office hours run 09:00 to 18:00, with the Cantonese tradition of yum cha producing slightly longer lunchtimes, often taken collectively at nearby restaurants. The Chinese New Year shutdown closes most factories for two weeks.
Where is Guangzhou?
Guangzhou occupies the head of the Pearl River Delta in southern China, around 120 kilometres upstream from the South China Sea. The city proper holds around 19 million residents within its administrative boundaries, with the wider Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area pushing close to 86 million across a near-continuous urban region that includes Shenzhen, Foshan, and Dongguan. The historic core lies along the river; modern districts extend north and east toward the rail terminus at Guangzhou South.