What is the time difference between London and Tokyo?
Tokyo is 8 hours ahead of London today. London is on UTC+1, Tokyo on UTC+9. The difference changes on Sunday, October 25, 2026.
London to Tokyo: time difference and best time to meet
Tokyo is 8 hours ahead of London right now.
When it is 9:00 AM in London, it is 5:00 PM in Tokyo. The green band on each scale is the working day, 9 AM to 6 PM. Drag a scale until both bands sit on the red line.
Hours that work for both
Both cities are inside a 9-to-6 working day 9:00 AM–10:00 AM in London (5:00 PM–6:00 PM in Tokyo) — 1 hour in total.
LondonTokyo
12:00 AM8:00 AM
1:00 AM9:00 AM
2:00 AM10:00 AM
3:00 AM11:00 AM
4:00 AM12:00 PM
5:00 AM1:00 PM
6:00 AM2:00 PM
7:00 AM3:00 PM
8:00 AM4:00 PM
9:00 AM5:00 PM
10:00 AM6:00 PM
11:00 AM7:00 PM
12:00 PM8:00 PM
1:00 PM9:00 PM
2:00 PM10:00 PM
3:00 PM11:00 PM
4:00 PM12:00 AMnext day
5:00 PM1:00 AMnext day
6:00 PM2:00 AMnext day
7:00 PM3:00 AMnext day
8:00 PM4:00 AMnext day
9:00 PM5:00 AMnext day
10:00 PM6:00 AMnext day
11:00 PM7:00 AMnext day
both at work both awake
When the difference changes
London and Tokyo do not change their clocks on the same day, so the difference is not always 8 hours:
- from Sunday, October 25, 2026 it is 9 hours (was 8 hours)
- from Sunday, March 28, 2027 it is 8 hours (was 9 hours)
The scales above already follow these dates: drag to any day in the next two weeks and the difference shown is the one for that day.
Questions
What is the best time for a call between London and Tokyo?
During working hours for both: 9:00 AM–10:00 AM in London (5:00 PM–6:00 PM in Tokyo). That is 1 hour of shared working time.
When it is 9:00 AM in London, what time is it in Tokyo?
5:00 PM. And when it is 9:00 AM in Tokyo, it is 1:00 AM in London.
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