What time is it in Tokyo?
00:10:04
Saturday 14 November 2026
- Tokyo, Japan
- Time zone UTC+09:00
- No daylight saving time
- Sunrise 06:15 · sunset 16:35
Time difference with Tokyo
Tokyo is on UTC+09:00 right now: 9 hours ahead of UTC all year round.
| City | Time | Compared with Tokyo |
|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 15:10 | 9 hours behind |
| New York United States | 10:10 | 14 hours behind |
| Los Angeles United States | 07:10 | 17 hours behind |
| Paris France | 16:10 | 8 hours behind |
| Berlin Germany | 16:10 | 8 hours behind |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 19:10 | 5 hours behind |
| New Delhi India | 20:40 | 3 h 30 min behind |
| Singapore Singapore | 23:10 | 1 hour behind |
| Hong Kong Hong Kong | 23:10 | 1 hour behind |
| Sydney Australia | 02:10 | 2 hours ahead |
| São Paulo Brazil | 12:10 | 12 hours behind |
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France – Japan time difference · Paris – Tokyo time difference
Daylight saving time in Tokyo
Tokyo does not change its clocks: UTC+09:00 all year round.
History of local time in Tokyo
| Period | Legal time |
|---|---|
| since 9 September 1951 | UTC+9 all year round |
| 1948 – 1951 | UTC+9, summer time UTC+10 |
| until 1947 | UTC+9 all year round |
Official time zone (IANA database): Asia/Tokyo. Daylight saving time around the world
Upcoming eclipses visible from Tokyo
Nearby places
Nearest time zone border: 967 km away, Vrangel’ (Russia) is 1 hour ahead of Tokyo all year round.
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Nakano | 3 km |
| Shimo’ochiai | 4 km |
| Asagaya-minami | 5 km |
| Minato City | 6 km |
| Shimoigusa | 7 km |
| Chūō | 8 km |
| Kita | 8 km |
| Kamiigusa | 9 km |
Day and night around the world
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Sun and Moon in Tokyo
- Sunrise
- 06:15
- Sunset
- 16:35
- Day length
- 10 h 19 min
- Tomorrow
- −1 min
Dawn 05:48, dusk 17:02, solar noon 11:25. Shortest day: 21 December 2026 (9 h 44 min); longest: 21 June 2026 (14 h 34 min).
Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 04:24 (9 June 2027), latest at 06:51 (3 January 2027); earliest sunset at 16:27 (2 December 2026), latest at 19:01 (26 June 2027).
Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 23 % illuminated
Moonrise 10:35 · moonset 20:13 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 20:47 · moon calendar
Other cities in Japan
Good to know about the time in Tokyo
All of Japan has the same time, UTC+9, all year round: the country has no daylight saving time. It used it from 1948 to 1951, under the American occupation, then dropped it. Tokyo is 8 hours ahead of Paris in winter and 7 hours ahead in summer: when people get up in Paris, the working day is ending in Tokyo. Paris – Tokyo time difference
Japanese time is that of the 135th meridian east, which passes through Akashi, near Kobe, where a clock tower marks it. Tokyo lies further east: the sun reaches its highest point there around 11:41 (mean solar noon), before 12:00. Without daylight saving time, the sun rises very early there in June, around 04:25, and sets around 19:00.