Current time in Hong Kong

Hong Kong · UTC+8

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Asia/Hong_Kong

UTC offset

UTC+8

Daylight Saving

No — not observed

Time zone ID

Asia/Hong_Kong

Business hours

9:00 AM – 6:00 PM HKT (Monday–Friday)

About Hong Kong's time zone

Hong Kong operates on Hong Kong Time (HKT, UTC+8) year-round with no daylight saving time. Hong Kong abandoned DST in 1979. HKT is shared with Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, and Manila, making the entire East and Southeast Asian financial corridor operate on the same clock. Hong Kong is 8 hours ahead of London and 13 hours ahead of New York (EST).

Best time to call Hong Kong

Calling from	Recommended window
London	1:00 AM – 10:00 AM GMT
New York	8:00 PM – 5:00 AM ET
Dubai	5:00 AM – 2:00 PM GST
Sydney	11:00 AM – 8:00 PM AEST

Did you know? The Hong Kong Stock Exchange operates in the same time zone as the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges, but their trading hours don't overlap perfectly — a deliberate design allowing arbitrage opportunities between the markets that traders exploit every day.

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