Time difference between Shanghai and Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas is 15 hours behind Shanghai.
Local time in both cities
Shanghai · China
13:29
Lázaro Cárdenas · Mexico
22:29
Lázaro Cárdenas is 15 hours behind Shanghai.
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Time zones
| Shanghai | Asia/Shanghai · UTC+08:00 |
|---|---|
| Lázaro Cárdenas | America/Tijuana · UTC-07:00 |
Shanghai does not observe daylight saving and stays on UTC+08:00 all year.
Lázaro Cárdenas is currently on daylight saving time (UTC-07:00). Next change: 2026-11-01 01:00.
Hour-by-hour conversion
Calculated for 2026-09-21 local time in Shanghai. The two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, so another day can give a different result.
| Shanghai (source) | Lázaro Cárdenas (target) |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 09:00 prev day |
| 01:00 | 10:00 prev day |
| 02:00 | 11:00 prev day |
| 03:00 | 12:00 prev day |
| 04:00 | 13:00 prev day |
| 05:00 | 14:00 prev day |
| 06:00 | 15:00 prev day |
| 07:00 | 16:00 prev day |
| 08:00 | 17:00 prev day |
| 09:00 | 18:00 prev day |
| 10:00 | 19:00 prev day |
| 11:00 | 20:00 prev day |
| 12:00 | 21:00 prev day |
| 13:00 | 22:00 prev day |
| 14:00 | 23:00 prev day |
| 15:00 | 00:00 |
| 16:00 | 01:00 |
| 17:00 | 02:00 |
| 18:00 | 03:00 |
| 19:00 | 04:00 |
| 20:00 | 05:00 |
| 21:00 | 06:00 |
| 22:00 | 07:00 |
| 23:00 | 08:00 |
Other common differences from Shanghai
FAQ
- How many hours apart are Shanghai and Lázaro Cárdenas 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. Shanghai uses Asia/Shanghai and Lázaro Cárdenas uses America/Tijuana; 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 Shanghai; the right column is the local time in Lázaro Cárdenas 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.