No votes yet

What time is it in Taicang, Jiangsu, China

Taicang follows China Standard Time. The local clock, daylight information, and weather forecast together provide a practical view of the current day in this Jiangsu city.

Taicang, China

Sunday, 6 September 2026

UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai

Local time in Taicang

UTC+8 · no daylight saving time

The sun today

Sunrise 5:35 AM Solar noon 11:56 AM Sunset 6:16 PM Daylight 12 h 40 min Night 11 h 20 min Civil twilight 5:11 AM – 6:40 PM

Weather in Taicang right now

Loading the current weather…

Weather data by Open-Meteo, updated every 30 minutes.

Taicang and its neighbours

Lujiaqiao Zhuqiao Songling Gutangcun Beigongcun Zhujia Qiaocun Yujiazhai Taicang
Taicang at 31.4478, 121.0940 with the nearest towns within 10.9 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.

Taicang in numbers

Coordinates
31.4478, 121.0940
Population
831 113
Region
Jiangsu
Country
China, Asia
Capital
Beijing — 1029 km away
Same name
3 more places in the world share this name

Largest cities in Jiangsu

Other places named Taicang

Same time zone — Asia/Shanghai

Nearby places

What time is it in Taicang

Taicang uses the national civil time observed across China. China does not make a seasonal daylight-saving clock change, which keeps the city’s official time consistent through the year. When comparing Taicang with an overseas destination, the apparent time difference may nevertheless shift if the other location changes its clocks. A meeting that was convenient in one season may therefore fall at a different local hour elsewhere later in the year.

Use the live city clock for the current local hour. Confirm the local date before scheduling across the International Date Line. Check whether the other city observes daylight saving time. Pair the clock with the forecast when planning travel around Taicang. The clock can settle the time-zone debate, though it cannot shorten the meeting.

Reading Taicang’s daylight

The sunrise and sunset entries show the expected horizon-crossing times for the selected date. They are presented in Taicang’s local time and help define the part of the day when the sun is above the horizon.

Actual street-level light depends on more than the calculated times. Cloud can soften daylight, while buildings and trees may delay the first direct sunlight or obscure the setting sun. Twilight also supplies usable light before sunrise and after sunset.

Day length changes with the seasons, so today’s values should not be reused automatically for a future visit. Checking the relevant date is especially useful for photography, commuting, construction, or any plan that depends on a limited period of natural light.

Using the weather forecast

Weather information adds context that the clock alone cannot provide. Temperature indicates how warm or cool the air is expected to be, while rain, wind, cloud, humidity, and visibility help explain how conditions may feel and how they could affect a journey.

Match each forecast period to Taicang’s local clock. Look beyond the headline temperature. Consider both outward and return travel times. Refresh the forecast shortly before leaving. A bright part of the day may still be cloudy, wet, windy, or hazy. Likewise, darkness after sunset does not describe the weather. Read daylight and forecast details side by side for a more useful plan.

Questions and answers

What time standard does Taicang use?
Taicang uses China Standard Time, the national civil time used in China.
Does Taicang observe daylight saving time?
No. Its clocks do not move forward or backward for a seasonal daylight-saving arrangement.
Why might the overseas time difference change?
The other location may change its clocks seasonally even though Taicang does not, altering the difference between the two local times.
All pages