Shanghai to Stockholm: time difference and best times to meet
Stockholm is 7 hours behind Shanghai. Their working days overlap for 2 hours, from 4pm to 6pm in Shanghai (9am–11am in Stockholm). The best time to schedule is 4pm Shanghai time, which is 9am in Stockholm.
Asia/Shanghai
Europe/Stockholm
Shanghai and Stockholm time difference
This live comparison uses the current time-zone rules for both cities, so it reflects daylight-saving changes as well as the usual Shanghai and Stockholm clock gap. Set your working hours below to see the practical overlap before proposing a meeting.
Hour-by-hour overlap
Each row is one hour of the Shanghai day and the matching hour in Stockholm. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Shanghai | Stockholm | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 5pm | Working hours in Stockholm only |
| 9am | 2am | Working hours in Shanghai only |
| 10am | 3am | Working hours in Shanghai only |
| 11am | 4am | Working hours in Shanghai only |
| 12pm | 5am | Working hours in Shanghai only |
| 1pm | 6am | Working hours in Shanghai only |
| 2pm | 7am | Working hours in Shanghai only |
| 3pm | 8am | Working hours in Shanghai only |
| 4pm | 9am | Both cities at work |
| 5pm | 10am | Both cities at work |
| 6pm | 11am | Working hours in Stockholm only |
| 7pm | 12pm | Working hours in Stockholm only |
| 8pm | 1pm | Working hours in Stockholm only |
| 9pm | 2pm | Working hours in Stockholm only |
| 10pm | 3pm | Working hours in Stockholm only |
| 11pm | 4pm | Working hours in Stockholm only |
Best times to propose
- 1. 4pm in Shanghai · 9am in Stockholm — Right at the edge of someone's day
- 2. 5pm in Shanghai · 10am in Stockholm — Right at the edge of someone's day
Avoid 12am Shanghai time and 9am Shanghai time — only the other city is at work.
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, March 28, 2027 — Stockholm goes from 7 hours behind to 6 hours behind Shanghai.
- Sunday, October 31, 2027 — Stockholm goes from 6 hours behind to 7 hours behind Shanghai.
Recurring meetings set as a fixed clock time in one city will move by an hour for the other on these dates.
Public holidays to avoid
Dates where one side is off work while the other is not are the most common cause of no-shows on this route.
- Thursday, December 24, 2026 — Christmas Eve — Stockholm is off, Shanghai is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day — Stockholm is off, Shanghai is working.
- Saturday, December 26, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — Stockholm is off, Shanghai is working.
- Thursday, December 31, 2026 — New Year's Eve — Stockholm is off, Shanghai is working.
With 2 shared working hours, Shanghai and Stockholm can run standing meetings without anyone giving up an evening — as long as the slot sits inside that window on both sides of the next clock change.
Sending a booking link avoids the arithmetic entirely: each side picks a time in their own zone and both calendars get the correct local time, including after a daylight-saving change. See how LemCall handles cross-timezone bookings.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the time difference between Shanghai and Stockholm?
- Stockholm is currently 7 hours behind Shanghai. That changes to 6 hours behind on Sunday, March 28, 2027, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between Shanghai and Stockholm?
- 4pm in Shanghai, which is 9am in Stockholm. Right at the edge of someone's day.
- How many hours do Shanghai and Stockholm overlap?
- 2 hours, from 4pm to 6pm Shanghai time (9am–11am in Stockholm).
- Does daylight saving change the Shanghai–Stockholm gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 2 times: Sunday, March 28, 2027 (7 hours behind becomes 6 hours behind); Sunday, October 31, 2027 (6 hours behind becomes 7 hours behind).
- Are there public holidays that affect Shanghai–Stockholm meetings?
- Yes. The next is Thursday, December 24, 2026 — a public holiday where Stockholm is, but a normal working day in Shanghai.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Shanghai
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved