Current time in Taiwan
Local time in Taiwan
The time in Taiwan is 8 hours ahead of UTC and 12 hours ahead of Columbus. The timezone in Taiwan is China Standard Time (CST). Taiwan is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST) but used to in the past. The last DST transition was in 1979.
Details for the time in Taiwan
| Current time | 4:09 p.m.
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| Time zone | China Standard Time (CST) |
| IANA time zone | Asia/Taipei |
| Your time difference | 12 hours ahead of Columbus |
| UTC time difference | UTC+8 8 hours ahead of UTC |
Taiwan Daylight Saving Time (DST)
Taiwan is not using Daylight Saving Time.
Taiwan
Taiwan uses China Standard Time CST. CST is UTC +0800. Taiwan's latitude and longitude is 25° 03' N and 121° 30 'W. Therefore being eight hours ahead of UTC is perfect for Taiwan. Taiwan is Lucky, a big part of the China Standard Time Zone isn’t close to 120° W.
Important cities in Taiwan
The current time in some important cities in Taiwan is shown below.
Time in Taiwan