Time in Hong Kong
The current local time in Hong Kong, its time zone, and a converter to your own time.
Hong Kong observes UTC+8 year-round and dropped daylight saving in 1979, sharing a fixed offset with mainland China.
Hong Kong stays on UTC+8 all year and does not change its clocks for daylight saving time.
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FAQ
What time is it in Hong Kong right now?
The live clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Hong Kong, refreshed every second. Hong Kong is on UTC+8 year-round, and the clock is calculated directly from that official time zone so it always accounts for daylight saving time automatically.
What time zone is Hong Kong in?
Hong Kong stays on UTC+8 all year and does not change its clocks for daylight saving time. The "compare to your time zone" section above converts any Hong Kong time into your own local time instantly.
Does Hong Kong observe daylight saving time?
No. Hong Kong keeps the same UTC+8 offset all year, so the time difference between Hong Kong and other places only changes when the *other* place moves on or off daylight saving time.
How do I convert Hong Kong time to my time zone?
The converter above detects your device's time zone and shows, hour by hour, what a given Hong Kong time is where you are. For planning a call across several cities at once, open the World Clock meeting planner, which lays out a colour-coded 24-hour grid.
Learn how time zones work
UTC & GMT explained · Daylight saving explained · How to convert a time between two cities