What Time is it in Japan?
Japan: Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9). No daylight-saving change.
Japan uses Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9).
Japan does not use daylight saving. The UTC offset stays put all year.
When it is noon in Japan it is 10 p.m. in New York in January, and 11 p.m. in New York in July. When it is noon in Japan it is 3 a.m. in London in January, and 4 a.m. in London in July. When it is noon in Japan it is noon in Tokyo in January.
Japan is about 19 minutes of solar time east of the Japan Standard Time meridian. The sun comes up earlier than in towns farther west on the same clock.
Mid-January sunrise here is within a few minutes of Tokyo.
Sunrise and sunset in Japan
December in Japan is a short-day clock: sunrise near 6:44 a.m., sunset near 4:30 p.m.. June runs from about 4:26 a.m. to 6:59 p.m.. Figures are mid-month for 2026 at the coordinates we use for this place, not a weather forecast.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:51 a.m. | 4:50 p.m. | 9 h 59 m |
| February | 6:30 a.m. | 5:22 p.m. | 10 h 52 m |
| March | 5:55 a.m. | 5:48 p.m. | 11 h 54 m |
| April | 5:11 a.m. | 6:14 p.m. | 13 h 03 m |
| May | 4:38 a.m. | 6:39 p.m. | 14 h 01 m |
| June | 4:26 a.m. | 6:59 p.m. | 14 h 33 m |
| July | 4:37 a.m. | 6:59 p.m. | 14 h 22 m |
| August | 5:00 a.m. | 6:34 p.m. | 13 h 33 m |
| September | 5:24 a.m. | 5:52 p.m. | 12 h 28 m |
| October | 5:47 a.m. | 5:09 p.m. | 11 h 21 m |
| November | 6:17 a.m. | 4:36 p.m. | 10 h 20 m |
| December | 6:44 a.m. | 4:30 p.m. | 9 h 46 m |
Mid-month local times for 2026. Hills, weather, and the exact street change what you see by a few minutes.
Live clocks
Japan — each named card is that city’s own zone. The last card is your timezone — change it to match where you are.
Cities in Japan
The live clock is the same TabClock face as the homepage.