Copenhagen vs Tokyo
Time difference between Copenhagen and Tokyo: +8 hours. Compare live clocks, DST changes, and meeting times.
Tokyo is seven or eight hours ahead of Copenhagen depending on EU summer time. Danish mornings overlap the Tokyo afternoon; there is no shared evening. Nordic–Japan manufacturing and games teams usually park calls at 09:00 in Copenhagen (16:00 or 17:00 in Tokyo).
Copenhagen
+01:00
Tokyo
+09:00
- +8 hours
- When it is 09:00 in Copenhagen, it is 17:00 in Tokyo.
- Daylight saving
- This gap can change when daylight saving starts or ends on either side. Recheck near transition weekends.
Working hours overlap
Copenhagen and Tokyo have no overlap in a standard 09:00–17:00 working day. One side has to move outside normal hours, so agree in advance which one it will be.
Copenhagen to Tokyo: hour by hour
Every hour of today in Copenhagen and the matching local time in Tokyo. Highlighted rows fall inside working hours in both cities.
| Copenhagen | Tokyo |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 08:00 |
| 01:00 | 09:00 |
| 02:00 | 10:00 |
| 03:00 | 11:00 |
| 04:00 | 12:00 |
| 05:00 | 13:00 |
| 06:00 | 14:00 |
| 07:00 | 15:00 |
| 08:00 | 16:00 |
| 09:00 | 17:00 |
| 10:00 | 18:00 |
| 11:00 | 19:00 |
| 12:00 | 20:00 |
| 13:00 | 21:00 |
| 14:00 | 22:00 |
| 15:00 | 23:00 |
| 16:00 | 00:00 (next day) |
| 17:00 | 01:00 (next day) |
| 18:00 | 02:00 (next day) |
| 19:00 | 03:00 (next day) |
| 20:00 | 04:00 (next day) |
| 21:00 | 05:00 (next day) |
| 22:00 | 06:00 (next day) |
| 23:00 | 07:00 (next day) |
Working hours in both cities
When this gap changes
Copenhagen changes its clocks on Sunday, 28 March 2027; Tokyo does not change on that date, so the gap between the two shifts by an hour until both sides have transitioned.
Popular time differences
Copenhagen and Tokyo: common questions
- What is the time difference between Copenhagen and Tokyo?
- The current difference is +8 hours. When it is 09:00 in Copenhagen, it is 17:00 in Tokyo.
- When can Copenhagen and Tokyo meet?
- Copenhagen and Tokyo have no overlap in a standard 09:00–17:00 working day. One side has to move outside normal hours, so agree in advance which one it will be.
- Does the difference change during the year?
- It can. Whenever one city changes its clocks and the other does not, the gap moves by an hour until both have transitioned. Copenhagen changes its clocks on Sunday, 28 March 2027; Tokyo does not change on that date, so the gap between the two shifts by an hour until both sides have transitioned.