Meeting time

Best time to meet: Shanghai and Accra

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

Tue 11:56 PMShanghai · China Standard TimeTue 3:56 PMAccra · Greenwich Mean Time
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Hour by hour

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

ShanghaiAccra
6 AM10 PM day beforeBoth off
7 AM11 PM day beforeBoth off
8 AM12 AMBoth off
9 AM1 AMShanghai at work
10 AM2 AMShanghai at work
11 AM3 AMShanghai at work
12 PM4 AMShanghai at work
1 PM5 AMShanghai at work
2 PM6 AMShanghai at work
3 PM7 AMShanghai at work
4 PM8 AMShanghai at work
5 PM9 AMAccra at work
6 PM10 AMAccra at work
7 PM11 AMAccra at work
8 PM12 PMAccra at work
9 PM1 PMAccra at work
10 PM2 PMAccra at work

All year

The gap between Shanghai and Accra 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 Accra when it is 9 AM in Shanghai?
1 AM in Accra, while Shanghai is 8 hours ahead.
When is the best time for a call between Shanghai and Accra?
4:30 PM in Shanghai, which is 8:30 AM in Accra. Their working days do not overlap, so this is the fairest time for both.
Does the time difference between Shanghai and Accra change during the year?
No. It stays 8 hours all year: the clocks either do not change or change on the same day in both.

More cities

New York and ShanghaiNo shared working hours · fairest at 6 PM New York timeLondon and ShanghaiNo shared working hours · fairest at 8:30 AM London 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 Shanghai5 hours of shared working day · meet at 1:30 PM Sydney timeTokyo and Shanghai7 hours of shared working day · meet at 11 AM Tokyo timeBerlin and Shanghai1 hour of shared working day · meet at 9 AM Berlin timeParis and Shanghai1 hour of shared working day · meet at 9 AM Paris timeToronto and ShanghaiNo shared working hours · fairest at 6 PM Toronto timeChicago and ShanghaiNo shared working hours · fairest at 5:30 PM Chicago timeDubai and Shanghai4 hours of shared working day · meet at 10 AM Dubai time

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