Current time in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The current local time in Hong Kong is shown below. Hong Kong observes HKT.
Daylight saving time
Hong Kong does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
Sunrise & sunset today
Timezone facts
- Timezone
- Asia/Hong_Kong
- Standard abbreviation
- HKT
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- ðŸ‡ðŸ‡° Hong Kong
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 18:00 local
Hong Kong in context
Hong Kong sits on the south coast of China at the mouth of the Pearl River Delta, a special administrative region of around 7.4 million residents covering 1,100 square kilometres across Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, the New Territories, and 263 outlying islands. The territory ranges from the dense high-rises of Central and Mong Kok to the protected country parks that still cover roughly 40 percent of the land. Shenzhen sits immediately across the border to the north, with frequent rail and road connections.
Timezone history of Hong Kong
Hong Kong observes Hong Kong Time at UTC+8, identical to the mainland Chinese standard adopted in 1949. China itself runs the entire country, geographically spanning around five thousand kilometres east-to-west, on a single timezone, which means the sun rises at very different solar times in Beijing, Hong Kong, and the western city of Kashgar. Daylight saving was briefly observed from 1986 to 1991 across the People's Republic but has not been used since, leaving Hong Kong on a fixed offset year-round.
Working hours in Hong Kong
Working hours in Hong Kong's financial and professional services run from around 09:00 to well past 18:00, with the city consistently appearing in surveys as having among the longest working weeks in developed Asia. Lunch is typically taken from 12:00 to 14:00, often as a sit-down meal in a nearby restaurant. The public holiday calendar combines Chinese festivals (Chinese New Year, Ching Ming, Tuen Ng, the Mid-Autumn Festival) with carry-overs from the colonial period such as the Easter long weekend and Boxing Day.