Time difference between Tokyo and Vancouver
Good time for both on a weekday: 9:00–10:00 in Tokyo = 16:00–17:00 in Vancouver.
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- Awake
- Night
- Weekend
Tap any column to see that moment in every city.
Different hours for each city
- 16–17 hoursVancouver behind Tokyo
- UTC+9Tokyo, January and July
- UTC−8 / UTC−7Vancouver, January / July
- 1 hour / 0 hoursshared 9-to-5 time, January / July
How the gap moves through the year
Vancouver is 16 hours behind Tokyo for about 10 months of the year.
Vancouver is 17 hours behind Tokyo for about 2 months of the year.
Tokyo does not change its clocks: it stays on UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) all year.
Vancouver changes its clocks on dates that do not follow a fixed weekday rule (Pacific Standard Time / Pacific Daylight Time); check the date before you book.
Everything on this page also holds if you swap Tokyo for Seoul, Busan, Pyongyang, Osaka or Dili — those cities follow exactly the same clock all year.
Working hours that overlap
In January, a 9-to-5 day in both cities shares 1 hour: 9:00 am–10:00 am in Tokyo, which is 4:00 pm–5:00 pm in Vancouver.
In July, two 9-to-5 days never meet — not a single quarter-hour is inside working hours in both cities.
Stretching both days to 8:00–18:00 opens 2 hours (8:00 am–10:00 am in Tokyo). Beyond that, one side has to take an early-morning or evening call.
Across the week
At 9:00 on a Monday morning in Tokyo, it is 4:00 pm on Sunday in Vancouver — still the weekend there.
8 hours of a Tokyo working week (Monday to Friday, 9 to 5) fall on the weekend in Vancouver, so part of Monday or Friday is lost for meetings.
Daylight, distance and night calls
Tokyo and Vancouver are about 7,550 km (4,690 miles) apart and 97° of longitude apart, which by the sun alone would be 6 hours 30 minutes.
Tokyo's winter clock runs 19 minutes behind the sun, and Vancouver's runs 12 minutes ahead of the sun.
In mid-January the sun is up in Tokyo from about 6:50 am to 4:50 pm, and the sun is up in Vancouver from about 8:02 am to 4:40 pm; both cities are in daylight at the same time for about 2 hours 45 minutes.
In mid-July the sun is up in Tokyo from about 4:36 am to 6:58 pm, and the sun is up in Vancouver from about 5:23 am to 9:14 pm; both cities are in daylight at the same time for about 8 hours 30 minutes.
In January, 2 hours of a Tokyo office day fall in Vancouver's night (10 pm to 6 am), and 4 hours of a Vancouver office day fall in Tokyo's night.
In July, 3 hours of a Tokyo office day fall in Vancouver's night (10 pm to 6 am), and 5 hours of a Vancouver office day fall in Tokyo's night.
Hour-by-hour table and common mistakes — 2 more sections
| Tokyo | Vancouver, January | Vancouver, July |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 am | 7:00 am (−1 day) | 8:00 am (−1 day) |
| 1:00 am | 8:00 am (−1 day) | 9:00 am (−1 day) |
| 2:00 am | 9:00 am (−1 day) | 10:00 am (−1 day) |
| 3:00 am | 10:00 am (−1 day) | 11:00 am (−1 day) |
| 4:00 am | 11:00 am (−1 day) | 12:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 5:00 am | 12:00 pm (−1 day) | 1:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 6:00 am | 1:00 pm (−1 day) | 2:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 7:00 am | 2:00 pm (−1 day) | 3:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 8:00 am | 3:00 pm (−1 day) | 4:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 9:00 am | 4:00 pm (−1 day) | 5:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 10:00 am | 5:00 pm (−1 day) | 6:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 11:00 am | 6:00 pm (−1 day) | 7:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 12:00 pm | 7:00 pm (−1 day) | 8:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 1:00 pm | 8:00 pm (−1 day) | 9:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 2:00 pm | 9:00 pm (−1 day) | 10:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 3:00 pm | 10:00 pm (−1 day) | 11:00 pm (−1 day) |
| 4:00 pm | 11:00 pm (−1 day) | 12:00 am |
| 5:00 pm | 12:00 am | 1:00 am |
| 6:00 pm | 1:00 am | 2:00 am |
| 7:00 pm | 2:00 am | 3:00 am |
| 8:00 pm | 3:00 am | 4:00 am |
| 9:00 pm | 4:00 am | 5:00 am |
| 10:00 pm | 5:00 am | 6:00 am |
| 11:00 pm | 6:00 am | 7:00 am |
Common mistakes with Tokyo and Vancouver
- Forgetting that the gap changes even though Tokyo never touches its clocks: Vancouver does, so a meeting fixed in Tokyo time moves by an hour for people in Vancouver.
- Getting the date wrong. With a gap this large, an afternoon call in one city is the next morning — or the previous evening — in the other. Write the date for both cities in the invite.
- Writing one zone name all year for Vancouver. In winter it is Pacific Standard Time, in summer Pacific Daylight Time.
Questions
- Is Vancouver ahead of Tokyo?
- Vancouver is 17 hours behind Tokyo in January and 16 hours behind Tokyo in July.
- What is a good time for a meeting between Tokyo and Vancouver?
- With 9-to-5 days in both cities, 9:00 am–10:00 am Tokyo time is inside working hours in both, which gives 1 hour. The window can shift by an hour in the weeks when only one city has changed its clocks.
- Does the time difference between Tokyo and Vancouver change?
- Yes. Vancouver is 16 hours behind Tokyo for about 10 months of the year. Vancouver is 17 hours behind Tokyo for about 2 months of the year.
Related time differences
- 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 SeoulSame clock time · 8 hours of shared office time
- Chicago and TokyoTokyo ahead by 14–15 hours · no shared office hours
- London and VancouverVancouver behind by 8 hours · no shared office hours
- Toronto and VancouverVancouver behind by 3 hours · 5 hours of shared office time
- Sydney and VancouverVancouver behind by 17–19 hours · 3 hours of shared office time
- Los Angeles and VancouverSame clock time · 8 hours of shared office time
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