Time difference between Ho Chi Minh City and Beijing
Beijing is 1 hours ahead of Ho Chi Minh City.
Local time in both cities
Ho Chi Minh City · Vietnam
08:28
Beijing · China
09:28
Beijing is 1 hours ahead of Ho Chi Minh City.
same day
Time zones
| Ho Chi Minh City | Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh · UTC+07:00 |
|---|---|
| Beijing | Asia/Shanghai · UTC+08:00 |
Ho Chi Minh City does not observe daylight saving and stays on UTC+07:00 all year.
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 Ho Chi Minh City. The two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, so another day can give a different result.
| Ho Chi Minh City (source) | Beijing (target) |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 01:00 |
| 01:00 | 02:00 |
| 02:00 | 03:00 |
| 03:00 | 04:00 |
| 04:00 | 05:00 |
| 05:00 | 06:00 |
| 06:00 | 07:00 |
| 07:00 | 08:00 |
| 08:00 | 09:00 |
| 09:00 | 10:00 |
| 10:00 | 11:00 |
| 11:00 | 12:00 |
| 12:00 | 13:00 |
| 13:00 | 14:00 |
| 14:00 | 15:00 |
| 15:00 | 16:00 |
| 16:00 | 17:00 |
| 17:00 | 18:00 |
| 18:00 | 19:00 |
| 19:00 | 20:00 |
| 20:00 | 21:00 |
| 21:00 | 22:00 |
| 22:00 | 23:00 |
| 23:00 | 00:00 next day |
Other common differences from Ho Chi Minh City
FAQ
- How many hours apart are Ho Chi Minh City 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. Ho Chi Minh City uses Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh 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 Ho Chi Minh City; 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.