Meeting time

Best time to meet: Beijing and Istanbul

Beijing is 5 hours ahead of Istanbul right now. Their working days overlap for 3 hours: 2 PM to 5 PM in Beijing, which is 9 AM to 12 PM in Istanbul. The easiest time to meet is 3 PM in Beijing (10 AM in Istanbul).

Tue 11:56 PMBeijing · China Standard TimeTue 6:56 PMIstanbul · Türkiye Standard Time
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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.

BeijingIstanbul
6 AM1 AMBoth off
7 AM2 AMBoth off
8 AM3 AMBoth off
9 AM4 AMBeijing at work
10 AM5 AMBeijing at work
11 AM6 AMBeijing at work
12 PM7 AMBeijing at work
1 PM8 AMBeijing at work
2 PM9 AMBoth at work
3 PM10 AMEasiest time
4 PM11 AMBoth at work
5 PM12 PMIstanbul at work
6 PM1 PMIstanbul at work
7 PM2 PMIstanbul at work
8 PM3 PMIstanbul at work
9 PM4 PMIstanbul at work
10 PM5 PMBoth off

All year

The gap between Beijing and Istanbul does not move during the year, so the table above holds all year.

Beijing keeps the same clock as Singapore.

Questions people ask

What time is it in Istanbul when it is 9 AM in Beijing?
4 AM in Istanbul, while Beijing is 5 hours ahead.
When is the best time for a call between Beijing and Istanbul?
3 PM in Beijing, which is 10 AM in Istanbul. Both cities are at work from 2 PM to 5 PM Beijing time.
Does the time difference between Beijing and Istanbul change during the year?
No. It stays 5 hours all year: the clocks either do not change or change on the same day in both.

More cities

New York and BeijingNo shared working hours · fairest at 6 PM New York timeLondon and BeijingNo shared working hours · fairest at 8:30 AM London timeSan Francisco and BeijingNo shared working hours · fairest at 4:30 PM San Francisco timeLos Angeles and BeijingNo shared working hours · fairest at 4:30 PM Los Angeles timeBangalore and Beijing5 hours 30 minutes of shared working day · meet at 11 AM Bangalore timeNew York and IstanbulNo shared working hours · fairest at 8:30 AM New York timeLondon and Istanbul5 hours of shared working day · meet at 10:30 AM London timeSydney and Beijing5 hours of shared working day · meet at 1:30 PM Sydney timeTokyo and Beijing7 hours of shared working day · meet at 11 AM Tokyo timeBerlin and Beijing1 hour of shared working day · meet at 9 AM Berlin timeParis and Beijing1 hour of shared working day · meet at 9 AM Paris timeToronto and BeijingNo shared working hours · fairest at 6 PM Toronto time

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