Time difference between London and Beijing

Beijing is 7 hours ahead of London

London, the United Kingdom is UTC · Beijing, China is UTC+8 — on standard time

The gap is not the same all year

Every converter gives one number for this pair. That number is right for most of the year and wrong for part of it, because London goes forward on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October and Beijing does not change its clocks.

Beijing stays put all year while London moves, so a meeting fixed in Beijing's calendar shifts by an hour twice a year at London's end.

When they can both be at their desks

Nine-to-five in both cities overlaps for 1 hour — 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM in London, the same moment as 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM in Beijing.

London to Beijing, hour by hour

On the usual gap of 7 hours.

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