What Time Is It at Shanghai Pudong Airport (PVG)?
- Time zone now
- China Standard Time, UTC+8
- Zulu now
- UTC
- From you
- Sunrise / sunset
- Next clock change
- None, no daylight saving
- Location
- 31.143, 121.805
Shanghai Pudong (PVG) is on China Standard Time, UTC+8 (CST) all year. Its clocks don't change for daylight saving time. The airport is in Shanghai (Pudong), China. Its codes are PVG (IATA, the one on your boarding pass) and ZSPD (ICAO, the one pilots and air traffic control use).
Other airports on the same clock: Beijing Capital (PEK), Singapore Changi (SIN), Hong Kong (HKG), Kuala Lumpur (KUL).
Zulu Time and PVG
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 PVG.
Daylight Saving Time
Shanghai Pudong 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 PVG and those places changes by an hour instead.
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Common Questions
What time zone is PVG airport in?
Shanghai Pudong Airport (PVG) uses the Asia/Shanghai time zone, China Standard Time. That's UTC+8 all year.
Does PVG change its clocks for daylight saving time?
No. Shanghai Pudong stays at UTC+8 all year.
How do I convert Zulu time to local time at PVG?
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.