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What time is it in Golmud, Qinghai, China

Local time in Golmud, Qinghai, China is shown on this page, based on the Asia/Shanghai time zone (+8).

Golmud, China

9:56:29 PM

Thursday, 12 November 2026

UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai

Local time in Golmud

UTC+8 · no daylight saving time

Local time in Golmud, Qinghai.

The sun today

Sunrise 8:15 AM Solar noon 1:26 PM Sunset 6:36 PM Daylight 10 h 21 min Night 13 h 39 min Civil twilight 7:48 AM – 7:03 PM

Weather in Golmud right now

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Golmud and its neighbours

Golmud at 36.4067, 94.9006 with the nearest towns within 36.7 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

816000

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.

Golmud in numbers

Coordinates: 36.4067, 94.9006
Elevation: 2809 m above sea level
Region: Qinghai
Country: China, Asia
Capital: Beijing — 1916 km away

Largest cities in Qinghai

Xining 2 467 965
Nianbo 260 184
Yushu 141 308
Qiaotou 114 712
Tongren 103 700
Lushar 67 153

Same time zone — Asia/Shanghai

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Nearby places

Xiaodao — 3.4 km
Guōlèmùdé — 7.2 km
Haquxiang — 7.5 km
Shuniudazha — 15.3 km
Golmud Dongnongchang — 20.8 km
Jiarsu — 28.5 km

Golmud: clock, sun and surroundings

Sunrise reaches Golmud at 8:15 AM, and the sun sets at 6:36 PM. Light lasts 10 h 21 min.

Neighbouring Xiaodao and Guōlèmùdé sit in the same time as Golmud.

Golmud contains 1 postal code.

Clocks in Golmud take Asia/Shanghai as their zone, reading UTC+8. Daylight saving time applies: No.

Questions and answers

Is Golmud in a specific time zone?: Yes, Golmud is in the Asia/Shanghai time zone, with an offset of +8.
Are seasonal time changes observed in Golmud?: No.
What hour brings sunrise in Golmud?: The hour is 8:15 AM.