Best meeting times between San Francisco and Shanghai
Shanghai (China) is currently 15 hours ahead of San Francisco (United States). Recalculated daily, so daylight-saving changes are always reflected.
The shared window
Only by stretching to 7:00 AM–9:00 PM: 4:00 PM–9:00 PM in San Francisco = 7:00 AM–12:00 PM in Shanghai (next day) — 5 hours in total.
San Francisco and Shanghai have no shared standard working hours — the window below only opens if one side stretches to early mornings or evenings. For teams in these cities, alternating who takes the awkward slot keeps it fair.
Quick conversion
| San Francisco | Shanghai |
|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | 11:00 PM |
| 10:00 AM | 1:00 AM (next day) |
| 12:00 PM | 3:00 AM (next day) |
| 2:00 PM | 5:00 AM (next day) |
| 4:00 PM | 7:00 AM (next day) |
Clocks are half the problem
The window above only helps if it's actually free. OpenSlot reads Outlook calendars for everyone on the invite and hands you a paste-ready list of times that work in both cities — in either timezone.
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