Current Time in Shantou, China 🇨🇳
Lat/Long: 23.35° N, 116.68° E
Province: Guangdong
Country: 🇨🇳 China
IANA Timezone: Asia/Shanghai
Timezone: CST (China Standard Time)
Daylight Saving Time: No ❌
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in China: CST
Time now in other cities in China:
Weather forecast for Shantou provided by Weather.now
Sunrise & Sunset Times for Shantou
Sunrise
in Shantou
↑
5:31 AM
Sunset
in Shantou
↓
7:03 PM
Day Length
13h 32m
Dawn
in Shantou
5:05 AM
Dusk
in Shantou
7:29 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Shantou
Current Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
96.8%
Next Moonrise
↑
Today, 20:55
Next Moonset
↓
Today, 07:09
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FAQ — Time in Shantou
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 04:27:10 in Shantou, China. The clock at the top of this page updates live, second by second, synchronized with our server time. You can also check sunrise and sunset times for the same city.
Shantou uses Asia/Shanghai (CST) — UTC+08:00. The IANA time zone identifier is Asia/Shanghai, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
No, Shantou does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at Asia/Shanghai (CST) — UTC+08:00 year-round.
Shantou is currently +08:00 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is the global time standard from which all other time zones are offset. To see the matching Unix timestamp or run add/subtract calculations against Shantou's local time, use our time calculator.
China has chosen not to observe Daylight Saving Time. Many countries near the equator have little reason to shift clocks because daylight hours stay relatively constant year-round; others have abolished DST for policy reasons.