Time difference between Richards Bay and Beijing
Beijing is 6 hours ahead of Richards Bay.
Local time in both cities
Richards Bay · South Africa
08:52
Beijing · China
14:52
Beijing is 6 hours ahead of Richards Bay.
same day
Time zones
| Richards Bay | Africa/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00 |
|---|---|
| Beijing | Asia/Shanghai · UTC+08:00 |
Richards Bay does not observe daylight saving and stays on UTC+02:00 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 Richards Bay. The two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, so another day can give a different result.
| Richards Bay (source) | Beijing (target) |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 06:00 |
| 01:00 | 07:00 |
| 02:00 | 08:00 |
| 03:00 | 09:00 |
| 04:00 | 10:00 |
| 05:00 | 11:00 |
| 06:00 | 12:00 |
| 07:00 | 13:00 |
| 08:00 | 14:00 |
| 09:00 | 15:00 |
| 10:00 | 16:00 |
| 11:00 | 17:00 |
| 12:00 | 18:00 |
| 13:00 | 19:00 |
| 14:00 | 20:00 |
| 15:00 | 21:00 |
| 16:00 | 22:00 |
| 17:00 | 23:00 |
| 18:00 | 00:00 next day |
| 19:00 | 01:00 next day |
| 20:00 | 02:00 next day |
| 21:00 | 03:00 next day |
| 22:00 | 04:00 next day |
| 23:00 | 05:00 next day |
Other common differences from Richards Bay
FAQ
- How many hours apart are Richards Bay 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. Richards Bay uses Africa/Johannesburg 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 Richards Bay; 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.