Meeting time

Best time to meet: Shanghai and Karachi

Shanghai is 3 hours ahead of Karachi right now. Their working days overlap for 5 hours: 12 PM to 5 PM in Shanghai, which is 9 AM to 2 PM in Karachi. The easiest time to meet is 1:30 PM in Shanghai (10:30 AM in Karachi).

Tue 11:56 PMShanghai · China Standard TimeTue 8:56 PMKarachi · Pakistan Standard Time

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.

ShanghaiKarachi
6 AM3 AMBoth off
7 AM4 AMBoth off
8 AM5 AMBoth off
9 AM6 AMShanghai at work
10 AM7 AMShanghai at work
11 AM8 AMShanghai at work
12 PM9 AMBoth at work
1 PM10 AMBoth at work
2 PM11 AMBoth at work
3 PM12 PMBoth at work
4 PM1 PMBoth at work
5 PM2 PMKarachi at work
6 PM3 PMKarachi at work
7 PM4 PMKarachi at work
8 PM5 PMBoth off
9 PM6 PMBoth off
10 PM7 PMBoth off

All year

The gap between Shanghai and Karachi 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 Karachi when it is 9 AM in Shanghai?
6 AM in Karachi, while Shanghai is 3 hours ahead.
When is the best time for a call between Shanghai and Karachi?
1:30 PM in Shanghai, which is 10:30 AM in Karachi. Both cities are at work from 12 PM to 5 PM Shanghai time.
Does the time difference between Shanghai and Karachi change during the year?
No. It stays 3 hours all year: the clocks either do not change or change on the same day in both.

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