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Taiwan's clocks read CST, UTC+8 in summer and in winter alike. They do not go forward for summer. The clock above follows Taipei, second by second.

Updated 16 October 2026 · Time zone data 2026e · Sources

Time zone in Taiwan

The table below sets Taiwan's clock beside cities in Asia, Europe, the Americas and Australia.

Time zone: Taiwan Time
Standard time: CST, UTC+8
Daylight saving time: Not observed
Main cities: Taipei, New Taipei City, Taichung, Kaohsiung

How many hours ahead or behind Taipei

On 25 October 2026, Tokyo is 1 hour ahead of Taipei.

City	Difference from Taipei
Tokyo	1 hour ahead
Seoul	1 hour ahead
Bangkok	1 hour behind
Kolkata	2 hours 30 minutes behind
London	7 hours behind
New York	12 hours behind
Los Angeles	15 hours behind
Sydney	3 hours ahead
Your time zone	Detected after this page loads

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Taiwan's standard time and its record

The national time laboratory: Over 50 yearsthat the institute behind the laboratory has kept the national standards; The National Time and Frequency Standard Laboratory aims to keep the highest national standards for time and frequency. Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories runs it, as the executing agency its home page names. The laboratory's overview cites Article 8 of the Metrology Act, and Article 20 of its Enforcement Rules, for that role. The overview says the institute has kept the national time and frequency standards for more than fifty years.; Sources National Time and Frequency Standard Laboratory (stdtime.gov.tw), English home page, National Time and Frequency Standard Laboratory, Overview
Checked against Coordinated Universal Time: ±30 nshow close UTC(TL) was kept to UTC, in one BIPM working document; A working document on the BIPM site says TL is responsible for Taiwan's time and frequency standard. It compares UTC(TL), TL's time scale, with Coordinated Universal Time. For the period it covers, it reports the phase difference between the two was kept within 30 nanoseconds.; Source BIPM, CCTF working document on the time and frequency activities of TL (June 2017)
From mean time to an hour ahead: +1 hhow far that later offset ran ahead of today's; The tz database starts Taiwan on local mean time, six minutes ahead of today's CST, UTC+8. It ends that mean time late in the nineteenth century. Nearly forty-two years later, the database moves Taipei an hour ahead of today's offset. That is the offset Tokyo keeps now. Taipei stayed on it for nearly eight years. The entry ends a few weeks after the Second World War ended.; Source IANA tz database, file asia (Taiwan section)
Summer time in the tz record: 3 monthsabout how long the latest summer time in the tz database ran; The year after Taipei left that offset, the tz database gives Taiwan summer time. It ran from mid-May to the end of September. Its rules bring summer time back in several later years. The latest rule, thirty-three years after that spell, ran from the start of July to the end of September. It put the clocks forward an hour, for that one year only.; Source IANA tz database, file asia (Taiwan section)

Questions about time in Taiwan

What time zone is Taiwan in?

Taiwan is on CST, UTC+8, and a single zone covers all of it. The tz database files that zone as Asia/Taipei. Taipei, New Taipei City, Taichung and Kaohsiung show the same time.

Does Taiwan have daylight saving time?

No. Taiwan holds CST, UTC+8 through the year. The tz database records summer time in past years, but none for Taiwan in the years ahead. A gap with Taiwan shifts only on the other place's own change days, such as the American and European ones.

Is Taiwan on the same time as Hong Kong and Shanghai?

Yes. Clocks in Taipei, Hong Kong and Shanghai agree to the minute in January and in July. Each place keeps one offset through the year, so they stay level. Manila and Singapore are level with them as well. Tokyo and Seoul run 1 hour ahead of Taipei in every season.

What is the time difference between Taiwan and the US?

In the American winter, New York is 13 hours behind Taipei. Los Angeles is 16 hours behind Taipei in those same winter months. From March to early November, American daylight time cuts an hour off both gaps. When Taipei starts work at nine, New York is still on the evening before.

What is the time difference between Taiwan and the UK?

London is 8 hours behind Taipei while Britain is on winter time. Britain's summer clocks, from late March to late October, bring London an hour nearer to Taipei. A call at four in the afternoon in Taipei reaches London in its morning, in either season.

Time zone names for developers

IANA zone	Standard time	Daylight saving time
Asia/Taipei	CST, UTC+8	No

Sources

We checked each fact on this page against these sources on 16 October 2026. Times, offsets and clock changes come from the time zone database.