Meeting time

Best time to meet: Shanghai and Cairo

Shanghai is 6 hours ahead of Cairo right now. Their working days overlap for 2 hours: 3 PM to 5 PM in Shanghai, which is 9 AM to 11 AM in Cairo. The easiest time to meet is 4 PM in Shanghai (10 AM in Cairo).

Tue 11:54 PMShanghai · China Standard TimeTue 5:54 PMCairo · Eastern European Standard Time
Start a free meetingSend a booking link that shows your times in their zone

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.

ShanghaiCairo
6 AM12 AMBoth off
7 AM1 AMBoth off
8 AM2 AMBoth off
9 AM3 AMShanghai at work
10 AM4 AMShanghai at work
11 AM5 AMShanghai at work
12 PM6 AMShanghai at work
1 PM7 AMShanghai at work
2 PM8 AMShanghai at work
3 PM9 AMBoth at work
4 PM10 AMEasiest time
5 PM11 AMCairo at work
6 PM12 PMCairo at work
7 PM1 PMCairo at work
8 PM2 PMCairo at work
9 PM3 PMCairo at work
10 PM4 PMCairo at work

When the clocks change

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

DatesShanghai isBoth at work (Shanghai time)Easiest (Shanghai / Cairo)
Now to April 30, 20276 hours ahead3 PM–5 PM (2 hours)4 PM / 10 AM
April 30, 2027 to October 28, 2027
clocks in Cairo go forward		5 hours ahead2 PM–5 PM (3 hours)3 PM / 10 AM
October 28, 2027 onward
clocks in Cairo go back		6 hours ahead3 PM–5 PM (2 hours)4 PM / 10 AM

Shanghai keeps the same clock as Singapore.

Which days work

Cairo works Sunday to Thursday and Shanghai works Monday to Friday, so the days both are at work are Monday to Thursday. A Friday call lands on Cairo's weekend, and a Sunday one on Shanghai's.

Questions people ask

What time is it in Cairo when it is 9 AM in Shanghai?
3 AM in Cairo, while Shanghai is 6 hours ahead.
When is the best time for a call between Shanghai and Cairo?
4 PM in Shanghai, which is 10 AM in Cairo. Both cities are at work from 3 PM to 5 PM Shanghai time.
Does the time difference between Shanghai and Cairo 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 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

Every city from Shanghai · Every city from Cairo · All cities · Plan across more than two cities

Try Meetful

Meetings that take their own notes

Free video meetings in the browser: every line of the transcript under the name of who said it, and the summary and action items when you hang up. Nothing to install — guests just open the link.

Try Meetful freeSee what it does