When it is 09:00 in Beijing it is 04:00 in Moscow in January and 04:00 in July. Moscow is 5 hours behind Beijing right now — and the difference is the same all year. This page gives the live times in both cities, the overlap between their working days, the daylight saving dates that move the difference, and the best meeting windows.
Try the tool: Time Zone Converter — convert any time between Beijing and Moscow, with the offset for the date you pick.
Live times in Beijing and Moscow
The two cities side by side. The January column uses the winter offsets (Beijing UTC+08:00, Moscow UTC+03:00); the July column uses the summer offsets (Beijing UTC+08:00, Moscow UTC+03:00).
| Time in Beijing | Moscow in January | Moscow in July |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 |
| 06:00 | 01:00 | 01:00 |
| 09:00 | 04:00 | 04:00 |
| 12:00 | 07:00 | 07:00 |
| 15:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| 17:00 | 12:00 | 12:00 |
| 21:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
The world clock shows the current time in both cities live, and the individual city pages — time in Beijing and time in Moscow — explain each city's time zone, offsets and daylight saving in full.
The time difference between Beijing and Moscow
The difference is constant: Moscow is 5 hours behind Beijing on every day of the year. That is the simplest case in time-zone work — the answer does not depend on the date, and a meeting set for 09:00 in Beijing is always 04:00 in Moscow. The reason the difference never changes is that neither city observes daylight saving.
To convert a time, add the difference: 09:00 in Beijing is 04:00 in Moscow in January and 04:00 in July; 17:00 in Beijing — the end of the working day — is 12:00 in Moscow in January and 12:00 in July. To go the other way, subtract it: 09:00 in Moscow is 14:00 in Beijing in January. The time difference calculator does the arithmetic for any date, and the UTC to Moscow page gives the full conversion table for Moscow.
Meeting overlap between Beijing and Moscow
The overlap is the hours when both cities are in their working day (09:00–17:00 local time). The table marks the overlapping hours in Beijing's working day and shows what time they are in Moscow.
January
| Beijing time | Moscow time | Both working? |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 04:00 | No |
| 10:00 | 05:00 | No |
| 11:00 | 06:00 | No |
| 12:00 | 07:00 | No |
| 13:00 | 08:00 | No |
| 14:00 | 09:00 | No |
| 15:00 | 10:00 | No |
| 16:00 | 11:00 | No |
In January the overlap is 0 hours: there is no hour when both cities are in their working day. In July it is 0 hours: there is no hour when both cities are in their working day. The two working days do not overlap at all — the difference is too large. The only options are to meet at the edge of the day, to rotate the awkward hour, or to record the meeting.
Daylight saving in Beijing and Moscow
Beijing does not observe daylight saving, so its offset of UTC+08:00 never changes.
Moscow does not observe daylight saving, so its offset of UTC+03:00 never changes.
The difference never changes, so there is no date on which a standing meeting moves. That does not mean the difference is the same as the difference with a third city — the difference between Beijing and London, for example, may still move when London changes its clocks. The individual DST pages — Beijing DST 2026 and Moscow DST 2026 — give the exact dates for each city.
Best meeting windows
There is no window inside both working days, in January or in July. The least-bad options are the edges: 08:00 in Beijing is 03:00 in Moscow in January — before the working day in Beijing but a reasonable evening in Moscow — and 17:00 in Beijing is 12:00 in Moscow, which is the morning in Moscow the next day if the difference is large. Rotate the early start between the two sides, week by week, so the same people are not always the ones getting up early.
Calling and travel notes
When it is 09:00 in Beijing it is 04:00 in Moscow in January; when it is 12:00 in Beijing it is 07:00 in Moscow; when it is 17:00 in Beijing it is 12:00 in Moscow. The difference is under 12 hours, so the two cities are usually on the same date — but check the date for late-evening and early-morning times, when the date can differ by a day. Scheduling between Asia and Europe works best in the late morning in Moscow and the afternoon or evening in Beijing. The difference is 5–9 hours, so the overlap is a few hours in the middle of the day. The main trap is daylight saving: Europe changes its clocks twice a year, and most of Asia does not, so the difference — and the overlap — moves by an hour in March and October.
Worked conversions
Six conversions, for January (offsets Beijing UTC+08:00, Moscow UTC+03:00):
| Beijing | Moscow |
|---|---|
| 08:00 | 03:00 |
| 09:00 | 04:00 |
| 12:00 | 07:00 |
| 14:00 | 09:00 |
| 17:00 | 12:00 |
| 20:00 | 15:00 |
In July, the answers are the same. For the reverse direction, see Moscow to Beijing time.
Beijing and Moscow at a glance
| Fact | Beijing | Moscow |
|---|---|---|
| Country | China | Russia |
| Region | Asia | Europe |
| IANA time zone | Asia/Shanghai |
Europe/Moscow |
| Standard offset | UTC+08:00 | UTC+03:00 |
| Daylight saving offset | — does not observe | — does not observe |
| Offset in January 2026 | UTC+08:00 | UTC+03:00 |
| Offset in July 2026 | UTC+08:00 | UTC+03:00 |
| Observes daylight saving | No | No |
The table is the whole pair in one place. The two numbers that matter most are the January and July offsets: if they are the same in both columns for a city, that city's offset never changes; if they differ, the city observes daylight saving and the difference between the cities moves with it. The individual city pages — time in Beijing and time in Moscow — explain each city's time zone, and the DST pages — Beijing DST 2026 and Moscow DST 2026 — give the exact change dates.
Frequently asked questions
What is the time difference between Beijing and Moscow?
Moscow is 5 hours behind Beijing right now. In January the difference is 5 hours behind and in July it is 5 hours behind — it is the same all year.
How do I schedule a recurring meeting between Beijing and Moscow?
Pick a time inside the overlap — the edge of the day, since there is no overlap — and set the calendar event in UTC so it moves correctly when the clocks change. Re-check the overlap in March and October, when the difference moves, and rotate the time if the meeting falls outside someone's working day.
What time is it in Moscow when it is 09:00 in Beijing?
It is 04:00 in January and 04:00 in July. The time zone converter gives the answer for any date.
What is the best time for a meeting between Beijing and Moscow?
There is no hour inside both working days. Meet at the edge of the day — early morning in one city, evening in the other — and rotate the awkward hour.
Does the time difference between Beijing and Moscow change during the year?
No. The difference is 5 hours behind all year, because neither city observes daylight saving.
What time is it in Beijing when it is 09:00 in Moscow?
It is 14:00 in January and 14:00 in July. See Moscow to Beijing time for the full comparison from Moscow's side.
What are the time zones of Beijing and Moscow?
Beijing is in Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00 standard time) and Moscow is in Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00 standard time).
What time is it in Beijing when it is midnight in Moscow?
It is 05:00 in Beijing in January and 05:00 in July — the previous day, because Moscow is ahead of Beijing. Midnight conversions are the ones that most often land on the wrong date, so always check the date as well as the time.
Sources
- IANA Time Zone Database, via Node.js Intl (
Intl.DateTimeFormatwithtimeZone) — offsets, daylight saving dates and local times in this article were worked out from the IANA database, not typed from memory. - TimeFlow's own time-zone data (
data/cities.ts,data/dst.ts), computed from the IANA database. - TimeFlow's time zone converter and meeting planner — the live tools behind the numbers on this page.
- Time-zone and daylight saving rules are set by governments and can change. For flights, deadlines and meetings that cannot move, confirm the time with an official source.