What time is it in Urumqi?
2:20:27 AM
Thursday, September 24, 2026 in Urumqi, China (Xinjiang Time). UTC+6:00.
- UTC offset
- UTC+6:00
- Daylight saving
- Not observed
- Versus Shanghai
- 2 hours behind
- Versus New York
- 10 hours ahead
Why Urumqi has its own time
China spans 2 time zones, so the answer depends on where in it you mean. Urumqi covers xinjiang time and is 2 hours behind Shanghai, which is the zone most people mean by “the time in China”.
Urumqi does not observe daylight saving, so its offset from UTC never moves. Its relationship to places that do change shifts twice a year instead.
The other zones in China
- Shanghai4:20 am · UTC+8:00
- Urumqi — here2:20 am · UTC+6:00