China
Time now in Suzhou
Sunrise 05:26Sunset 06:35Time zone UTC +8
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
UTC offset
UTC +8
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
6,715,559
Sunrise
05:26
Sunset
06:35
Day length
13h 09m
Coordinates
31.30, 120.60
Time difference from Suzhou
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About the time in Suzhou
Suzhou sits at latitude 31.30, in the mid-latitude band, so day length here swings noticeably between midwinter and midsummer — today's 13h 09m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Suzhou 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.
The zone identifier Asia/Shanghai is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Asia/Shanghai keeps pointing at Shanghai time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Frequently asked questions about time in Suzhou
- Which time zone is Suzhou in?
- Suzhou uses Asia/Shanghai, currently UTC +8.
- What are normal business hours in Suzhou in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Suzhou runs from 01:00–09:00 UTC today.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Suzhou?
- Suzhou is UTC +8 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Suzhou right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Suzhou, updating every second from Asia/Shanghai (UTC +8).
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