Baotou to Austin, TX: time difference
Austin, TX is 13 h behind Baotou. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
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Baotou 06:39 6:39 AM Austin, TX 17:39 5:39 PM You –:–
06:39 6:39 AM
China Standard Time · UTC+8
☀️ 06:58 · 🌙 17:53
17:39 5:39 PM
Central Daylight Time · UTC-5
☀️ 07:37 · 🌙 18:56
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−13 h
Austin, TX is 13 h behind Baotou.
When you, Baotou and Austin, TX are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇨🇳 Baotou
0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM
🇺🇸 Austin, TX
11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM 0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇨🇳 Baotou | 🇺🇸 Austin, TX |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 06:39 | 17:39 |
| Local date | Wednesday, October 21, 2026 | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 |
| Time zone | China Standard Time | Central Daylight Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+8 | UTC-5 |
| Offset from Baotou | — | −13 h |
| IANA zone | Asia/Shanghai | America/Chicago |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On summer time → UTC-6, Nov 1, 01:00 |
| Sunrise | 06:58 | 07:37 |
| Sunset | 17:53 | 18:56 |
| Daylight | 10 h 56 min | 11 h 19 min |
| People on this clock | 2,709,378 | 974,447 |
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Baotou and Austin, TX: common questions
What is the time difference between Baotou and Austin, TX?
Austin is 13 hours behind: it uses UTC−5, while Baotou is on UTC+8.
If it is 9:00 AM in Baotou, what time is it in Austin, TX?
At 9:00 AM in Baotou, clocks in Austin show 8:00 PM (the previous day).
If it is 6:00 PM in Baotou, what time is it in Austin, TX?
At 6:00 PM in Baotou, clocks in Austin show 5:00 AM.
When do working hours in Baotou and in Austin, TX, overlap?
They don't: there are no shared working hours. The start of the day in Baotou (9:00 AM) is 8:00 PM (the previous day) in Austin, and the start of the day in Austin is 10:00 PM in Baotou.
When is it still the previous day in Austin, TX?
Until 1:00 PM in Baotou it is still the previous day in Austin. The other way round, from 11:00 AM in Austin it is already the next day in Baotou.
Does the time difference between Baotou and Austin, TX, change?
Yes. The clocks change only in Austin. From November 1, 2026, Austin will be 14 hours behind Baotou.
