Meeting time

Best time to meet: Dubai and Shanghai

Dubai is 4 hours behind Shanghai right now. Their working days overlap for 4 hours: 9 AM to 1 PM in Dubai, which is 1 PM to 5 PM in Shanghai. The easiest time to meet is 10 AM in Dubai (2 PM in Shanghai).

Tue 7:56 PMDubai · Gulf Standard TimeTue 11:56 PMShanghai · China Standard Time
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Hour by hour

With the clocks as they are on November 10, 2026, Dubai time on the left. A working day here is 9 AM to 5 PM.

DubaiShanghai
6 AM10 AMShanghai at work
7 AM11 AMShanghai at work
8 AM12 PMShanghai at work
9 AM1 PMBoth at work
10 AM2 PMEasiest time
11 AM3 PMBoth at work
12 PM4 PMBoth at work
1 PM5 PMDubai at work
2 PM6 PMDubai at work
3 PM7 PMDubai at work
4 PM8 PMDubai at work
5 PM9 PMBoth off
6 PM10 PMBoth off
7 PM11 PMBoth off
8 PM12 AM next dayBoth off
9 PM1 AM next dayBoth off
10 PM2 AM next dayBoth off

All year

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

Shanghai keeps the same clock as Singapore.

Questions people ask

What time is it in Shanghai when it is 9 AM in Dubai?
1 PM in Shanghai, while Dubai is 4 hours behind.
When is the best time for a call between Dubai and Shanghai?
10 AM in Dubai, which is 2 PM in Shanghai. Both cities are at work from 9 AM to 1 PM Dubai time.
Does the time difference between Dubai and Shanghai change during the year?
No. It stays 4 hours all year: the clocks either do not change or change on the same day in both.

More cities

New York and DubaiNo shared working hours · fairest at 8 AM New York timeLondon and Dubai4 hours of shared working day · meet at 10 AM London timeSan Francisco and DubaiNo shared working hours · fairest at 6:30 AM San Francisco timeBangalore and Dubai6 hours 30 minutes of shared working day · meet at 11:30 AM Bangalore timeSingapore and Dubai4 hours of shared working day · meet at 2 PM Singapore timeLos Angeles and DubaiNo shared working hours · fairest at 6:30 AM Los Angeles timeNew York and ShanghaiNo shared working hours · fairest at 6 PM New York timeLondon and ShanghaiNo shared working hours · fairest at 8:30 AM London timeSydney and Dubai1 hour of shared working day · meet at 4 PM Sydney timeTokyo and Dubai3 hours of shared working day · meet at 3 PM Tokyo timeBerlin and Dubai5 hours of shared working day · meet at 10:30 AM Berlin timeChicago and DubaiNo shared working hours · fairest at 7:30 AM Chicago time

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