Time difference between New York and Shanghai
New York is 12 h behind Shanghai.
See the current local time in New York and Shanghai side by side. The difference updates live and automatically accounts for daylight saving time.
When it is 12:00 noon in New York, the clock in Shanghai shows 00:00 on the next day. Business hours (9:00–17:00) in the two cities do not overlap — one side has to take the call early in the morning or late in the evening. As the crow flies, the two cities are about 11,860 km (7,370 mi) apart — roughly 14.5 h nonstop by plane.