Time difference between Santiago de Cuba and Beijing
Beijing is 12 hours ahead of Santiago de Cuba.
Local time in both cities
Santiago de Cuba · Cuba
16:05
CubaBeijing · China
04:05
ChinaBeijing is 12 hours ahead of Santiago de Cuba.
already the next day
Time zones
| Santiago de Cuba | America/Havana · UTC-04:00 |
|---|---|
| Beijing | Asia/Shanghai · UTC+08:00 |
Santiago de Cuba is currently on daylight saving time (UTC-04:00). Next change: 2026-11-01 00:00.
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 Santiago de Cuba. The two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, so another day can give a different result.
| Santiago de Cuba (source) | Beijing (target) |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 12:00 |
| 01:00 | 13:00 |
| 02:00 | 14:00 |
| 03:00 | 15:00 |
| 04:00 | 16:00 |
| 05:00 | 17:00 |
| 06:00 | 18:00 |
| 07:00 | 19:00 |
| 08:00 | 20:00 |
| 09:00 | 21:00 |
| 10:00 | 22:00 |
| 11:00 | 23:00 |
| 12:00 | 00:00 next day |
| 13:00 | 01:00 next day |
| 14:00 | 02:00 next day |
| 15:00 | 03:00 next day |
| 16:00 | 04:00 next day |
| 17:00 | 05:00 next day |
| 18:00 | 06:00 next day |
| 19:00 | 07:00 next day |
| 20:00 | 08:00 next day |
| 21:00 | 09:00 next day |
| 22:00 | 10:00 next day |
| 23:00 | 11:00 next day |
Other common differences from Santiago de Cuba
FAQ
- How many hours apart are Santiago de Cuba 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. Santiago de Cuba uses America/Havana 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 Santiago de Cuba; 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.