New York vs Tokyo
Time difference between New York and Tokyo: +13 hours. Compare live clocks, DST changes, and meeting times.
New York and Tokyo barely share a weekday. Tokyo is typically 13 or 14 hours ahead, so a 09:00 New York meeting is already evening in Tokyo. Teams that must talk live usually pick Tokyo early morning against New York late evening, or they stop pretending the workdays overlap and use async hand-offs.
- +13 hours
- When it is 09:00 in New York, it is 22:00 in Tokyo.
- Daylight saving
- This gap can change when daylight saving starts or ends on either side. Recheck near transition weekends.
Working hours overlap
New York 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.
New York to Tokyo: hour by hour
Every hour of today in New York and the matching local time in Tokyo. Highlighted rows fall inside working hours in both cities.
| New York | Tokyo |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 13:00 (previous day) |
| 01:00 | 14:00 (previous day) |
| 02:00 | 15:00 (previous day) |
| 03:00 | 16:00 (previous day) |
| 04:00 | 17:00 (previous day) |
| 05:00 | 18:00 (previous day) |
| 06:00 | 19:00 (previous day) |
| 07:00 | 20:00 (previous day) |
| 08:00 | 21:00 (previous day) |
| 09:00 | 22:00 (previous day) |
| 10:00 | 23:00 (previous day) |
| 11:00 | 00:00 |
| 12:00 | 01:00 |
| 13:00 | 02:00 |
| 14:00 | 03:00 |
| 15:00 | 04:00 |
| 16:00 | 05:00 |
| 17:00 | 06:00 |
| 18:00 | 07:00 |
| 19:00 | 08:00 |
| 20:00 | 09:00 |
| 21:00 | 10:00 |
| 22:00 | 11:00 |
| 23:00 | 12:00 |
Working hours in both cities
When this gap changes
New York changes its clocks on Sunday, 1 November 2026; 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
New York and Tokyo: common questions
- What is the time difference between New York and Tokyo?
- The current difference is +13 hours. When it is 09:00 in New York, it is 22:00 in Tokyo.
- When can New York and Tokyo meet?
- New York 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. New York changes its clocks on Sunday, 1 November 2026; Tokyo does not change on that date, so the gap between the two shifts by an hour until both sides have transitioned.