What is the time difference between Shanghai and Dubai?
Dubai is 4 hours behind Shanghai. When it is 23:58 in Shanghai, it is 19:58 in Dubai. Shanghai keeps UTC+8 and Dubai keeps UTC+4 at this moment.
| Right now in Shanghai | 23:58, Thursday 17 September |
|---|---|
| Right now in Dubai | 19:58, Thursday 17 September |
| Difference | 4 hours behind Shanghai |
| Shanghai offset | UTC+8 |
| Dubai offset | UTC+4 |
Because both cities can change their clocks on different dates, the gap between them is not always the same number of hours through the year. This page recalculates it from the live time-zone rules each time it is opened, so the figure above is the gap at this exact moment.