Tanchon to Shanghai: time difference
Shanghai is 1 h behind Tanchon. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
Drag along the band to read any hour in every place at once.
Tanchon 15:26 3:26 PM Shanghai 14:26 2:26 PM You –:–
15:26 3:26 PM
Korean Standard Time · UTC+9
☀️ 06:30 · 🌙 17:54
14:26 2:26 PM
China Standard Time · UTC+8
☀️ 05:54 · 🌙 17:30
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−1 h
Shanghai is 1 h behind Tanchon.
When you, Tanchon and Shanghai are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇰🇵 Tanchon
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
🇨🇳 Shanghai
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 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
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇰🇵 Tanchon | 🇨🇳 Shanghai |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 15:26 | 14:26 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 10, 2026 | Saturday, October 10, 2026 |
| Time zone | Korean Standard Time | China Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+9 | UTC+8 |
| Offset from Tanchon | — | −1 h |
| IANA zone | Asia/Pyongyang | Asia/Shanghai |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 06:30 | 05:54 |
| Sunset | 17:54 | 17:30 |
| Daylight | 11 h 25 min | 11 h 36 min |
| People on this clock | 345,875 | 24,870,895 |
Compare Tanchon with another city
More comparisons with Tanchon: the time zones next to it and the far side of the clock.
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Tanchon and Shanghai: common questions
How far behind Tanchon is Shanghai?
Shanghai is 1 hour behind Tanchon: UTC+8 against UTC+9.
If it is 9:00 AM in Tanchon, what time is it in Shanghai?
At 9:00 AM in Tanchon, clocks in Shanghai show 8:00 AM.
What time is it in Shanghai at the end of the working day in Tanchon?
The working day in Tanchon ends at 6:00 PM; in Shanghai it is 5:00 PM at that moment.
When is a good time to call Shanghai from Tanchon?
Between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM in Tanchon – that is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Shanghai – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When is it still the previous day in Shanghai?
Until 1:00 AM in Tanchon it is still the previous day in Shanghai. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Shanghai it is already the next day in Tanchon.
Does the time gap between Tanchon and Shanghai change during the year?
No, the clocks change neither in Tanchon nor in Shanghai, so the gap is 1 hour all year round.
