Current Time in Hong Kong

Name: Hong Kong
Address: Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hong Kong uses the Asia/Hong_Kong time zone, with HKT (UTC +8:00) during standard time.

Hong Kong — Live Clock

12:15:21 PM

HKT · UTC +8:00

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Sunrise

6:11 AM

Sunset

6:27 PM

Day Length

12h 16m

Population

7.4 M

22.3193° N, 114.1694° E · 13 m elevation · September 16, 2026

Hong Kong Time Zone

Time Zone

Asia/Hong_Kong

HKT

Standard Time

HKT

UTC +8:00

Daylight Time

Not Observed

Year-round standard time

Next DST Change

No DST change

Standard time year-round

This city’s business rhythm

Hong Kong — HKT at UTC+8, no DST

Hong Kong runs on Hong Kong Time (HKT, UTC+8) — same offset as mainland China and Singapore. No DST. Business hours 9 AM - 6 PM. HKEX (Hong Kong Stock Exchange) trading runs 9:30 AM - 4 PM HKT with a 1-h lunch break. Hong Kong anchors banking and legal services for Asia-Pacific transactions — Standard Chartered, HSBC, and every major international law firm maintain their APAC HQs here.

Regional context

Timezones across East Asia

East Asia — China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia — sits mostly at UTC+8 (China's single-timezone policy across the whole country) or UTC+9 (Japan, Korea). None observe DST anymore (Japan ended its post-WW2 experiment in the 1950s), so offsets are fixed. The region's single-large-zone footprint makes cross-Asia coordination unusually easy compared to Europe or North America.

About Hong Kong Time (HKT)

Check the current local time in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Hong Kong uses the Asia/Hong_Kong time zone (HKT, UTC+8) and does not observe daylight saving time. Use this page to see the exact current time in Hong Kong and plan calls or meetings across time zones.