Current time in Taipei
Taipei, Taiwan, keeps Taiwan Standard Time at UTC+08:00 all year, with no clock changes.
Current time in Taipei
23:22:09
Asia/Taipei · UTC+08:00
Time zone in Taipei
Sunrise and sunset in Taipei
Sun and clock in Taipei
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Taipei falls at 11:54: the city sits almost on the meridian its clock is set to.
Daylight through the year in Taipei
Dubai (25.2°N) and Karachi (24.9°N) lie on almost the same parallel as Taipei, so their days stay within 1 minute of Taipei’s all year; the clock in Dubai is 4 h behind Taipei, and in Karachi 3 h behind Taipei.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 06:10 | 17:06 | 10 h 56 m |
| December 15 | 06:31 | 17:07 | 10 h 35 m |
| January 15 | 06:41 | 17:26 | 10 h 45 m |
| February 15 | 06:28 | 17:48 | 11 h 19 m |
| March 15 | 06:03 | 18:02 | 11 h 59 m |
| April 15 | 05:32 | 18:16 | 12 h 44 m |
| May 15 | 05:09 | 18:31 | 13 h 21 m |
| June 15 | 05:04 | 18:45 | 13 h 41 m |
| July 15 | 05:13 | 18:46 | 13 h 33 m |
| August 15 | 05:28 | 18:29 | 13 h 1 m |
| September 15 | 05:40 | 17:58 | 12 h 19 m |
| October 15 | 05:52 | 17:27 | 11 h 35 m |
When the clocks change in Taipei
Taipei has kept UTC+08:00 since October 1, 1979. The last time its clock showed anything else was from July 1, 1979 to October 1, 1979, when it ran at UTC+09:00. That was the last of 20 such spells in the record since 1900. The record opens with Taipei’s own local mean time, UTC+08:06, kept until 1896.
Calling Taipei from another time zone
| Place | Taipei’s 09:00–17:00 there | Shared working hours | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | 01:00–09:00 | — | — |
| New York | 20:00–04:00 (previous day) | none | none all year |
| London | 01:00–09:00 | none | none to 1 h |
| Tokyo | 10:00–18:00 | 7 h, 09:00–16:00 Taipei time | always 7 h |
At 09:00 on Monday, November 9, 2026 in Taipei, 30 listed cities, including São Paulo and Lima, are still on Sunday. At 17:00 on Friday in Taipei, no other city in this directory has reached Saturday yet.
Taipei compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Taipei | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | — | — | UTC-05:00 | 13 h behind | 13 h behind / 12 h behind |
| London | — | — | UTC+00:00 | 8 h behind | 8 h behind / 7 h behind |
| Dubai | — | — | UTC+04:00 | 4 h behind | all year |
| New Delhi | — | — | UTC+05:30 | 2 h 30 min behind | all year |
| Singapore | — | — | UTC+08:00 | the same time | all year |
| Tokyo | — | — | UTC+09:00 | 1 h ahead | all year |
| Sydney | — | — | UTC+11:00 | 3 h ahead | 2 h ahead / 3 h ahead |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai | 690 km north | same clock | same minute |
| Hong Kong | 810 km west | same clock | 30 minutes later |
| Shenzhen | 810 km west | same clock | 30 minutes later |
| Manila | 1,160 km south | same clock | 2 minutes later |
| Seoul | 1,480 km north | 1 h ahead | 22 minutes earlier |
| Hanoi | 1,670 km west | 1 h behind | 1 h 3 min later |
| Osaka | 1,720 km north-east | 1 h ahead | 56 minutes earlier |
| Beijing | 1,720 km north | same clock | 21 minutes later |
Beyond Taipei’s own identifier, the nearest city in this directory on exactly the same clock is Shanghai, 690 km to the north, on Asia/Shanghai.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database release 2026c, applied when this page was generated on 2026-11-02.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone is Taipei in?
Taipei keeps Asia/Taipei, Taiwan Standard Time, at UTC+08:00 all year. The identifier is named after Taipei itself.
Is all of Taiwan on the same time as Taipei?
Yes. Asia/Taipei is the tz database’s only entry for Taiwan, and Taipei keeps it.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Taipei?
11 other countries and territories keep exactly Taipei’s clock, with no clock changes either.
What is the time difference between Taipei and Seoul?
The clock in Seoul, South Korea, about 1,480 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is 1 h ahead of Taipei.