Time in Tokyo
It is 10:26 on Thursday, 17 September 2026 in Tokyo. Tokyo is in Japan. Civil time uses the IANA zone Asia/Tokyo at +09:00 from UTC (not in effect). Use the live clock below for the current local time, then jump to a difference or conversion when you need meeting math.
Tokyo keeps Japan Standard Time (Asia/Tokyo) at UTC+09:00 all year — Japan does not observe daylight saving, so the gap to Europe and North America only moves when those regions change clocks.
Office hours commonly cluster around 09:00–18:00 local time. Morning calls from the US East Coast land in the Tokyo evening; European mornings overlap the Tokyo afternoon.
Calendars that store JST as a fixed UTC+09:00 offset are fine today, but they still skip Asia/Tokyo — the identifier is what receives future Diet or tzdb rule changes.
Tokyo time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+09:00
- Abbreviation
- JST
- IANA
- Asia/Tokyo
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Tokyo
Tokyo is currently on its standard offset. Tokyo does not change its clocks. The offset stays +09:00 all year, so the gap to other cities only moves when the other side changes.
Daylight in Tokyo today
The sun rises at 05:25 and sets at 17:46, giving 12 h 21 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 11:35, 24 minutes before the clock reads twelve, because Tokyo sits east of the 135° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 05:25
- Sunset
- 17:46
- Daylight
- 12 h 21 m
- Solar noon
- 11:35Solar noon is when the sun sits highest in the sky. It drifts from clock noon across a time zone, which is why one clock can span very different days.
Best time to call Tokyo
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Tokyo and the same hours in other major cities.
Same clock as Tokyo
These cities share Asia/Tokyo, so they show the same civil time as Tokyo right now. Compare them with cities in other zones for a real time difference.
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About Tokyo
- Population
- 14,264,798The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Region
- Kantō
- Coordinates
- 35.6894° N, 139.6917° ELatitude is what drives the sunrise and sunset times above.
- Currency
- Japanese Yen (JPY)
- Calling code
- +81Dial this after your international access prefix, and check the overlap table above before you call.
- Languages
- Japanese
- Airports
- HNDTokyo HanedaNRTNarita InternationalArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Tokyo local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Tokyo
- What time is it in Tokyo right now?
- It is 10:26 in Tokyo as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Tokyo uses the IANA zone Asia/Tokyo, currently +09:00.
- Which time zone is Tokyo in?
- Tokyo is in the JST time zone (Asia/Tokyo), currently +09:00. Always store the identifier rather than the offset — the offset changes with daylight saving, the identifier does not.
- Does Tokyo observe daylight saving time?
- No. Tokyo stays on +09:00 all year. Any change in the gap to another city comes from that city changing its own clocks.
- Is Tokyo ahead of or behind UTC?
- Tokyo is currently at +09:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Tokyo is 21:00.
Well-known places in Tokyo
If you are checking the time in Tokyo because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- Tokyo SkytreeRead more on Wikipedia
- Tokyo TowerRead more on Wikipedia
- Tokyo National MuseumRead more on Wikipedia