Current Time in Hong Kong
Hong Kong · Hong Kong Time (HKT) · UTC+8 · No Daylight Saving Time
Current Time in Other Cities
| City | Current Time |
|---|---|
| Singapore | --:-- -- |
| Beijing | --:-- -- |
| Tokyo | --:-- -- |
| London | --:-- -- |
| New York | --:-- -- |
Hong Kong Hours in Other Cities
Each row is a time in Hong Kong. Where the other city changes its clocks, both answers are shown, for mid-January and mid-July.
| Hong Kong | Singapore | Beijing | Tokyo | London | New York |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:00 AM | 6:00 AM | 6:00 AM | 7:00 AM | Jan10:00 PMprevious day Jul11:00 PMprevious day | Jan5:00 PMprevious day Jul6:00 PMprevious day |
| 9:00 AM | 9:00 AM | 9:00 AM | 10:00 AM | Jan1:00 AM Jul2:00 AM | Jan8:00 PMprevious day Jul9:00 PMprevious day |
| 12:00 PM | 12:00 PM | 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Jan4:00 AM Jul5:00 AM | Jan11:00 PMprevious day Jul12:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Jan7:00 AM Jul8:00 AM | Jan2:00 AM Jul3:00 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Jan10:00 AM Jul11:00 AM | Jan5:00 AM Jul6:00 AM |
| 9:00 PM | 9:00 PM | 9:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Jan1:00 PM Jul2:00 PM | Jan8:00 AM Jul9:00 AM |
Hong Kong Beside Singapore, Beijing and the West
Singapore and Beijing read the same as Hong Kong, so those two rows are constant. Tokyo is one hour ahead and also constant, while London and New York each vary with their own clock change.
Choosing an Hour for Hong Kong
With Tokyo, 10:00 AM in Tokyo is 9:00 AM in Hong Kong. With London, 8:00 AM is 4:00 PM in January and 3:00 PM in July in Hong Kong, so London's early morning is the practical shared time.
From New York, a call at 7:00 PM reaches Hong Kong on the next morning: 8:00 AM the next day in January and 7:00 AM the next day in July.
| Scenario | Useful window | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Singapore to Hong Kong | 9:00 AM-6:00 PM Singapore | Same local clock |
| Tokyo to Hong Kong | 10:00 AM-6:00 PM JST | Hong Kong is one hour behind Tokyo |
| London to Hong Kong | 8:00-10:00 AM London | Late afternoon in Hong Kong |
| New York to Hong Kong | 7:00-9:00 PM New York | Next morning in Hong Kong |
For a live overlap finder, use the meeting scheduler or convert an exact time with the time zone converter.
How Hong Kong Time Lines Up With Mainland China
Quick answer: Hong Kong uses Hong Kong Time (HKT) · UTC+8 year-round · no daylight saving.
Hong Kong uses Hong Kong Time (HKT), which is UTC+8, and doesn't observe daylight saving. It has its own IANA identifier, Asia/Hong_Kong, but the offset matches Beijing, Shanghai and Singapore.
So a time quoted for Hong Kong can be read directly as Beijing or Singapore time. Tokyo and Seoul are one hour ahead. 9:00 AM in Hong Kong is 10:00 AM in Tokyo.
Distance from Europe and North America produces the date shifts. A Hong Kong morning starting at 9:00 AM arrives at 1:00 AM in January and 2:00 AM in July on London clocks, while New York sees it as 8:00 PM the previous day in January and 9:00 PM the previous day in July.