Time in Taiwan now
8:59PMCST
CSTUTC+8+13 h vs New York (you)Asia/Taipei
No clock changes: Taiwan stays on CST (UTC+8) all year.
Time zone in Taiwan
Taiwan uses a single time zone: China Standard Time (CST, UTC+8) all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
Taipei lies at 121.5° east, where mean solar time is UTC+8:06 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 6 min of its clock time, so the sun is highest close to noon.
Daylight saving time in Taiwan
No. Taiwan does not change its clocks under the current rules. It last used daylight saving time in 1979, after 3 years with summer time since 1970.
Clock history of Taiwan
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+8:06 in Taipei), which ended on January 1, 1896, when CST (UTC+8) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 3 of the 55 years, most recently in 1979. The first summer time in the record dates from 1946. The table summarises the clocks of Taiwan year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Asia/Taipei.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1973 | UTC+8 all year | CST |
| 1974–1975 | UTC+8 in winter, UTC+9 in summer | CST, CDT |
| 1976–1978 | UTC+8 all year | CST |
| 1979 | UTC+8 in winter, UTC+9 in summer | CST, CDT |
| 1980 onward | UTC+8 all year | CST |
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Taiwan time
Time difference between Taiwan and major cities
| City | Local time now | Taiwan vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:59 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +13 h | +13 h | +12 h | none / none |
| Los Angeles | 4:59 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +16 h | +16 h | +15 h | none / none |
| London | 12:59 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +8 h | +8 h | +7 h | none / 1 h |
| Berlin | 1:59 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +7 h | +7 h | +6 h | 1 h / 2 h |
| Dubai | 4:59 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +4 h | +4 h | +4 h | 4 h / 4 h |
| New Delhi | 6:29 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 | 9:59 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −1 h | −1 h | −1 h | 7 h / 7 h |
| Sydney | 11:59 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 Taiwan’s office hours overlap yours today.
Taiwan and New York share no office hours: when offices open at 9:00 AM in Taiwan, 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 Taiwan is 8:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in Taiwan overlaps London’s for 0 min in January (8:00 AM–8:00 AM Taiwan time), 1 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Taiwan it is 1:00 AM in London.
A 9-to-5 day in Taiwan overlaps New Delhi’s for 5 h 30 min in January (11:30 AM–5:00 PM Taiwan time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Taiwan 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 Taipei and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwangju South Korea | 1,240 km | 9:59 PM KST | +1 h |
| Haiphong Vietnam | 1,590 km | 7:59 PM UTC+7 | −1 h |
| Vladivostok Russia | 2,220 km | 10:59 PM UTC+10 | +2 h |
| Kēng Tung Myanmar | 2,240 km | 7:29 PM UTC+6:30 | −1 h 30 min |
Same clock as Taiwan
These places keep exactly the same time as Taiwan all year under the current rules (zones Antarctica/Casey, Asia/Hong_Kong, Asia/Irkutsk, Asia/Kuching, Asia/Macau and 6 more).
Cities in Taiwan
Taiwan at a glance
- CapitalTaipei
- Population23,451,837
- Time zone IDAsia/Taipei
- Standard timeCST (UTC+8)
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+886