Tokyo time zone and office-hour overlap
When Tokyo, New York and London are all at work.
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Different hours for each city
- UTC+9Japan Standard Time, January
- UTC+9Japan Standard Time, July
- Asia/TokyoIANA time zone name
- 5other listed cities on the same clock all year
Clock changes
Tokyo does not change its clocks: it stays on UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) all year.
Sun and clock
At 139.7° east, the sun is highest over Tokyo at about 11:41 am on the winter clock — 19 minutes before noon, because the clock runs behind the sun.
In mid-January the sun rises at about 6:50 am and sets at about 4:50 pm — 10 hours of daylight.
In mid-July the sun rises at about 4:36 am and sets at about 6:58 pm — 14 hours 15 minutes of daylight.
On a January weekday, 5 of the listed cities share the whole 9-to-5 day with Tokyo, 100 share at least two hours and 131 share no office time at all; on a July weekday the counts are 5, 112 and 105. The furthest away on the clock in January is Honolulu (United States), 19 hours behind.
Of the 268 cities in this planner, 245 are behind Tokyo in January, 5 show the same time and 17 are ahead of it.
Cities on the same clock
All year, Tokyo shows the same time as Seoul (South Korea), Busan (South Korea), Pyongyang (North Korea), Osaka and Dili (Timor Leste).
Office hours shared with 11 business cities
Counting a 9-to-5 day, Monday to Friday, in both cities: Tokyo shares two hours or more with Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney and Auckland, and no office time at all with New York, Chicago, London and São Paulo.
| City | Gap, Jan / Jul | Shared, Jan / Jul | At 9 am |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | −14 / −13 h | 0 / 0 h | 7:00 pm (−1 day) |
| Los Angeles | −17 / −16 h | 1 / 0 h | 4:00 pm (−1 day) |
| Chicago | −15 / −14 h | 0 / 0 h | 6:00 pm (−1 day) |
| London | −9 / −8 h | 0 / 0 h | 12:00 am |
| Paris | −8 / −7 h | 0 / 1 h | 1:00 am |
| Dubai | −5 / −5 h | 3 / 3 h | 4:00 am |
| Mumbai | −3½ / −3½ h | 4½ / 4½ h | 5:30 am |
| Singapore | −1 / −1 h | 7 / 7 h | 8:00 am |
| Sydney | +2 / +1 h | 6 / 7 h | 11:00 am |
| Auckland | +4 / +3 h | 4 / 5 h | 1:00 pm |
| São Paulo | −12 / −12 h | 0 / 0 h | 9:00 pm (−1 day) |
Time differences with Tokyo
- New York and TokyoTokyo ahead by 13–14 hours · no shared office hours
- London and TokyoTokyo ahead by 8–9 hours · no shared office hours
- Los Angeles and TokyoTokyo ahead by 16–17 hours · 1 hour of shared office time
- Sydney and TokyoTokyo behind by 1–2 hours · 7 hours of shared office time
- Tokyo and VancouverVancouver behind by 16–17 hours · 1 hour of shared office time
- Tokyo and SeoulSame clock time · 8 hours of shared office time
- Chicago and TokyoTokyo ahead by 14–15 hours · no shared office hours
City names, coordinates and time zone assignments: GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (selection and renaming of some cities by this site). Clock times are computed in your browser from the IANA time zone database. Sources and limits.