Meeting time
Best time to meet: Beijing and Doha
Beijing is 5 hours ahead of Doha right now. Their working days overlap for 3 hours: 2 PM to 5 PM in Beijing, which is 9 AM to 12 PM in Doha. The easiest time to meet is 3 PM in Beijing (10 AM in Doha).
Hour by hour
With the clocks as they are on November 10, 2026, Beijing time on the left. A working day here is 9 AM to 5 PM.
| Beijing | Doha | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 1 AM | Both off |
| 7 AM | 2 AM | Both off |
| 8 AM | 3 AM | Both off |
| 9 AM | 4 AM | Beijing at work |
| 10 AM | 5 AM | Beijing at work |
| 11 AM | 6 AM | Beijing at work |
| 12 PM | 7 AM | Beijing at work |
| 1 PM | 8 AM | Beijing at work |
| 2 PM | 9 AM | Both at work |
| 3 PM | 10 AM | Easiest time |
| 4 PM | 11 AM | Both at work |
| 5 PM | 12 PM | Doha at work |
| 6 PM | 1 PM | Doha at work |
| 7 PM | 2 PM | Doha at work |
| 8 PM | 3 PM | Doha at work |
| 9 PM | 4 PM | Doha at work |
| 10 PM | 5 PM | Both off |
All year
The gap between Beijing and Doha does not move during the year, so the table above holds all year.
Beijing keeps the same clock as Singapore; Doha keeps the same clock as Istanbul.
Which days work
Doha works Sunday to Thursday and Beijing works Monday to Friday, so the days both are at work are Monday to Thursday. A Friday call lands on Doha's weekend, and a Sunday one on Beijing's.
Questions people ask
4 AM in Doha, while Beijing is 5 hours ahead.
3 PM in Beijing, which is 10 AM in Doha. Both cities are at work from 2 PM to 5 PM Beijing time.
No. It stays 5 hours all year: the clocks either do not change or change on the same day in both.
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