What is the time difference between Shanghai and Sydney?
Sydney is 2 hours ahead of Shanghai. When it is 22:51 in Shanghai, it is 00:51 in Sydney — and already Thursday there while Shanghai is still on Wednesday. Shanghai keeps UTC+8 and Sydney keeps UTC+10 at this moment.
| Right now in Shanghai | 22:51, Wednesday 16 September |
|---|---|
| Right now in Sydney | 00:51, Thursday 17 September |
| Difference | 2 hours ahead of Shanghai |
| Shanghai offset | UTC+8 |
| Sydney offset | UTC+10 |
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.