It is 06:37 on Saturday, October 3, 2026 in Urumqi, China. The city runs on UTC+6, which puts it 9 hours ahead of Brasília.
Time zone and UTC offset in Urumqi
Urumqi follows the Asia/Urumqi time zone (this zone has no widely used letter abbreviation). Right now its offset from Coordinated Universal Time is UTC+6.
Urumqi does not observe daylight saving time and no clock change is scheduled for the next year. Its offset stays at UTC+6 all year round. Brazil abolished daylight saving time in 2019, so the gap between the two stays fixed at 9 hours. That makes scheduling predictable: a meeting booked for any date of the year at a given Brasília time always lands at the same local time in Urumqi.
Time difference between Brasília and Urumqi
To convert, take Brasília time and add 9 hours; when the sum passes midnight, the date in Urumqi is already the next day. The table uses today's offsets.
Going the other way, local noon in Urumqi is 03:00 in Brasília, and local midnight is 15:00 (previous day) in Brasília. Because Urumqi is ahead, its calendar date is one day later than in Brasília from 15:00 until midnight Brasília time. Keep this in mind for deadlines, flights and anything scheduled around the start or end of a day.
| Brasília (UTC-3) | Urumqi (UTC+6) |
|---|---|
| 06:00 | 15:00 |
| 09:00 | 18:00 |
| 12:00 | 21:00 |
| 15:00 | 00:00 (next day) |
| 18:00 | 03:00 (next day) |
| 21:00 | 06:00 (next day) |
Best time to call Urumqi from Brazil
With a difference of 9 hours, the 9:00 to 18:00 working days do not overlap at all. The least inconvenient slot is around 08:00 in Brasília, which is 17:00 in Urumqi: one side will be early or late, so agree in writing who takes the awkward hour. Messages and recorded updates work better than live calls here.
For several cities at once, use the meeting planner, or convert any hour with the time zone converter.
Sunrise and sunset in Urumqi today
Today the Sun rises in Urumqi at 06:09 and sets at 17:47 local time, a daylight span of 11h 38min, with solar noon at 11:58. See other places on the sunrise and sunset page.
Where is Urumqi?
Urumqi is at 43.80° N, 87.58° E (country: China). The country page shows its main reference time and neighbours. Compare more places on world time or in the list of cities.