Meeting time

Best time to meet: Seattle and Shanghai

Seattle is 16 hours behind Shanghai right now, so their working days do not overlap. The time that asks least of both is 4:30 PM in Seattle, which is 8:30 AM in Shanghai — one of you starts early or stays late.

Tue 7:55 AMSeattle · Pacific Standard TimeTue 11:55 PMShanghai · China Standard Time
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Hour by hour

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

SeattleShanghai
6 AM10 PMBoth off
7 AM11 PMBoth off
8 AM12 AM next dayBoth off
9 AM1 AM next daySeattle at work
10 AM2 AM next daySeattle at work
11 AM3 AM next daySeattle at work
12 PM4 AM next daySeattle at work
1 PM5 AM next daySeattle at work
2 PM6 AM next daySeattle at work
3 PM7 AM next daySeattle at work
4 PM8 AM next daySeattle at work
5 PM9 AM next dayShanghai at work
6 PM10 AM next dayShanghai at work
7 PM11 AM next dayShanghai at work
8 PM12 PM next dayShanghai at work
9 PM1 PM next dayShanghai at work
10 PM2 PM next dayShanghai at work

When the clocks change

The gap moves when either city changes its clocks. The next twelve months:

DatesSeattle isBoth at work (Seattle time)Easiest (Seattle / Shanghai)
Now to March 14, 202716 hours behindNone4:30 PM / 8:30 AM
March 14, 2027 to November 7, 2027
clocks in Seattle go forward		15 hours behindNone5 PM / 8 AM
November 7, 2027 onward
clocks in Seattle go back		16 hours behindNone4:30 PM / 8:30 AM

Seattle keeps the same clock as San Francisco; Shanghai keeps the same clock as Singapore.

Questions people ask

What time is it in Shanghai when it is 9 AM in Seattle?
1 AM in Shanghai, the next day, while Seattle is 16 hours behind.
When is the best time for a call between Seattle and Shanghai?
4:30 PM in Seattle, which is 8:30 AM in Shanghai. Their working days do not overlap, so this is the fairest time for both.
Does the time difference between Seattle and Shanghai change during the year?
Yes — it changes 2 times in the next twelve months, when the clocks go forward or back; the dates are in the table above.

More cities

New York and Seattle5 hours of shared working day · meet at 1:30 PM New York timeLondon and SeattleNo shared working hours · fairest at 4:30 PM London 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 timeBangalore and SeattleNo shared working hours · fairest at 7:30 AM Bangalore timeSingapore and SeattleNo shared working hours · fairest at 8:30 AM Singapore timeSan Francisco and ShanghaiNo shared working hours · fairest at 4:30 PM San Francisco timeLos Angeles and ShanghaiNo shared working hours · fairest at 4:30 PM Los Angeles timeBangalore and Shanghai5 hours 30 minutes of shared working day · meet at 11 AM Bangalore timeSydney and Seattle3 hours of shared working day · meet at 10 AM Sydney timeTokyo and Seattle1 hour of shared working day · meet at 9 AM Tokyo timeBerlin and SeattleNo shared working hours · fairest at 5 PM Berlin time

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