🇨🇳 Xi’an

Xi'an is a historic inland city in central China, with a population of about 9.6 million near 34 degrees north latitude. It keeps China Standard Time, the nationwide UTC+8 offset, and observes no daylight saving, so local clocks remain eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time throughout the year. Located well to the west of the coastal metropolises in the Northern Hemisphere, the city nonetheless shares the same official time as the eastern seaboard under China's single zone, giving it comparatively late clock readings relative to the sun. The fixed offset keeps its relationship to international time steady across all seasons.