Time in Hong Kong now
8:06PMHKT
HKTUTC+8+13 h vs New York (you)Asia/Hong_Kong
No clock changes: Hong Kong stays on HKT (UTC+8) all year.
Time zone in Hong Kong
Hong Kong uses a single time zone: Hong Kong Standard Time (HKT, UTC+8) all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
Hong Kong lies at 114.2° east, where mean solar time is UTC+7:37 (four minutes per degree of longitude). The clocks run 23 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 12:23 PM.
Daylight saving time in Hong Kong
No. Hong Kong does not change its clocks under the current rules. It last used daylight saving time in 1979, after 7 years with summer time since 1970.
Clock history of Hong Kong
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+7:37 in Hong Kong), which ended on October 30, 1904, when HKT (UTC+8) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 7 of the 55 years, most recently in 1979. The first summer time in the record dates from 1941. The table summarises the clocks of Hong Kong year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Asia/Hong_Kong.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1973 | UTC+8 in winter, UTC+9 in summer | HKT, HKST |
| 1974 | UTC+9 until October 20, then UTC+8 | HKST, HKT |
| 1975–1976 | UTC+8 in winter, UTC+9 in summer | HKT, HKST |
| 1977–1978 | UTC+8 all year | HKT |
| 1979 | UTC+8 in winter, UTC+9 in summer | HKT, HKST |
| 1980 onward | UTC+8 all year | HKT |
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Hong Kong time
Time difference between Hong Kong and major cities
| City | Local time now | Hong Kong vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:06 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +13 h | +13 h | +12 h | none / none |
| Los Angeles | 4:06 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +16 h | +16 h | +15 h | none / none |
| London | 12:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +8 h | +8 h | +7 h | none / 1 h |
| Berlin | 1:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +7 h | +7 h | +6 h | 1 h / 2 h |
| Dubai | 4:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +4 h | +4 h | +4 h | 4 h / 4 h |
| New Delhi | 5:36 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +2 h 30 min | +2 h 30 min | +2 h 30 min | 5 h 30 min / 5 h 30 min |
| Tokyo | 9:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −1 h | −1 h | −1 h | 7 h / 7 h |
| Sydney | 11:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −3 h | −3 h | −2 h | 5 h / 6 h |
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how Hong Kong’s office hours overlap yours today.
Hong Kong and New York share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Hong Kong, it is 8:00 PM the day before in New York. A call has to be early or late for one side: 9:00 PM in Hong Kong is 8:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in Hong Kong overlaps London’s for 0 min in January (8:00 AM–8:00 AM Hong Kong time), 1 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Hong Kong it is 1:00 AM in London.
A 9-to-5 day in Hong Kong overlaps New Delhi’s for 5 h 30 min in January (11:30 AM–5:00 PM Hong Kong time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Hong Kong it is 6:30 AM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Hong Kong and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haiphong Vietnam | 790 km | 7:06 PM UTC+7 | −1 h |
| Mandalay Myanmar | 1,860 km | 6:36 PM UTC+6:30 | −1 h 30 min |
| Gwangju South Korea | 1,890 km | 9:06 PM KST | +1 h |
| Chattogram Bangladesh | 2,300 km | 6:06 PM UTC+6 | −2 h |
| Guwahati India | 2,310 km | 5:36 PM IST | −2 h 30 min |
Same clock as Hong Kong
These places keep exactly the same time as Hong Kong all year under the current rules (zones Antarctica/Casey, Asia/Irkutsk, Asia/Kuching, Asia/Macau, Asia/Makassar and 6 more).
Cities in Hong Kong
Hong Kong at a glance
- CapitalHong Kong
- Population7,498,900
- Time zone IDAsia/Hong_Kong
- Standard timeHKT (UTC+8)
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+852