What Time Is It at Beijing Capital Airport (PEK)?
- Time zone now
- China Standard Time, UTC+8
- Zulu now
- UTC
- From you
- Sunrise / sunset
- Next clock change
- None, no daylight saving
- Location
- 40.077, 116.597
Beijing Capital (PEK) is on China Standard Time, UTC+8 (CST) all year. Its clocks don't change for daylight saving time. The airport is in Beijing, China. Its codes are PEK (IATA, the one on your boarding pass) and ZBAA (ICAO, the one pilots and air traffic control use).
Other airports on the same clock: Shanghai Pudong (PVG), Singapore Changi (SIN), Hong Kong (HKG), Kuala Lumpur (KUL).
Zulu Time and PEK
To get local time from Zulu, add 8 hours, all year. Going the other way, from local time to Zulu, do the opposite.
For example, a METAR or flight plan time of 1500Z is 11:00 p.m. local at PEK.
Daylight Saving Time
Beijing Capital doesn't use daylight saving time, so the offset from Zulu stays at UTC+8 all year. When other places change their clocks, the difference between PEK and those places changes by an hour instead.
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Common Questions
What time zone is PEK airport in?
Beijing Capital Airport (PEK) uses the Asia/Shanghai time zone, China Standard Time. That's UTC+8 all year.
Does PEK change its clocks for daylight saving time?
No. Beijing Capital stays at UTC+8 all year.
How do I convert Zulu time to local time at PEK?
To get local time from Zulu, add 8 hours, all year. Going the other way, from local time to Zulu, do the opposite.
Times here come from your browser's clock and the international time zone database. Sunrise and sunset are estimates, good to a few minutes. AvClock is for reference only, not for navigation or flight planning.