China
Time now in Dalian
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 05:05Sunset 06:39Time zone UTC +8
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
UTC offset
UTC +8
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
—
Sunrise
05:05
Sunset
06:39
Day length
13h 34m
Coordinates
41.07, 122.60
Time difference from Dalian
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Dalian on the map
About the time in Dalian
Dalian runs on Asia/Shanghai, which puts the city UTC +8 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Dalian day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 01:00–09:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Dalian follows the civil time used across its region of China; there is no separate local reckoning inside the city.
Frequently asked questions about time in Dalian
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Asia/Shanghai, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Dalian?
- Dalian is UTC +8 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Dalian in?
- Dalian uses Asia/Shanghai, currently UTC +8.
- What time is it in Dalian right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Dalian, updating every second from Asia/Shanghai (UTC +8).
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