Time difference between Puerto Rico and Beijing
Beijing is 7 hours ahead of Puerto Rico.
Local time in both cities
Puerto Rico · Spain
22:18
SpainBeijing · China
05:18
ChinaBeijing is 7 hours ahead of Puerto Rico.
already the next day
Time zones
| Puerto Rico | Atlantic/Canary · UTC+01:00 |
|---|---|
| Beijing | Asia/Shanghai · UTC+08:00 |
Puerto Rico is currently on daylight saving time (UTC+01:00). Next change: 2026-10-25 01:00.
Beijing does not observe daylight saving and stays on UTC+08:00 all year.
Hour-by-hour conversion
Calculated for 2026-09-21 local time in Puerto Rico. The two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, so another day can give a different result.
| Puerto Rico (source) | Beijing (target) |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 07:00 |
| 01:00 | 08:00 |
| 02:00 | 09:00 |
| 03:00 | 10:00 |
| 04:00 | 11:00 |
| 05:00 | 12:00 |
| 06:00 | 13:00 |
| 07:00 | 14:00 |
| 08:00 | 15:00 |
| 09:00 | 16:00 |
| 10:00 | 17:00 |
| 11:00 | 18:00 |
| 12:00 | 19:00 |
| 13:00 | 20:00 |
| 14:00 | 21:00 |
| 15:00 | 22:00 |
| 16:00 | 23:00 |
| 17:00 | 00:00 next day |
| 18:00 | 01:00 next day |
| 19:00 | 02:00 next day |
| 20:00 | 03:00 next day |
| 21:00 | 04:00 next day |
| 22:00 | 05:00 next day |
| 23:00 | 06:00 next day |
Other common differences from Puerto Rico
FAQ
- How many hours apart are Puerto Rico and Beijing right now?
- The answer at the top of the page is calculated for the current moment and states which side is ahead. The gap changes during the year, because the two places usually start and end daylight saving on different dates.
- Is this difference the same all year?
- Not necessarily. Puerto Rico uses Atlantic/Canary and Beijing uses Asia/Shanghai; if either observes daylight saving, the gap shifts during the year. Use “Convert a specific date and time” below to calculate it for a given day.
- How do I read the conversion table?
- The left column lists each whole hour in Puerto Rico; the right column is the local time in Beijing at that same instant, with date rollovers marked. On the day clocks jump forward, some hours do not exist locally — the table says so instead of showing a plausible but wrong value.