What is the time difference between Sydney and Tokyo?
Tokyo is 1 hour behind Sydney today. Sydney is on UTC+10, Tokyo on UTC+9. The difference changes on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
Sydney to Tokyo: time difference and best time to meet
Tokyo is 1 hour behind Sydney right now.
When it is 9:00 AM in Sydney, it is 8:00 AM 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 10:00 AM–6:00 PM in Sydney (9:00 AM–5:00 PM in Tokyo) — 8 hours in total.
SydneyTokyo
12:00 AM11:00 PMprevious day
1:00 AM12:00 AM
2:00 AM1:00 AM
3:00 AM2:00 AM
4:00 AM3:00 AM
5:00 AM4:00 AM
6:00 AM5:00 AM
7:00 AM6:00 AM
8:00 AM7:00 AM
9:00 AM8:00 AM
10:00 AM9:00 AM
11:00 AM10:00 AM
12:00 PM11:00 AM
1:00 PM12:00 PM
2:00 PM1:00 PM
3:00 PM2:00 PM
4:00 PM3:00 PM
5:00 PM4:00 PM
6:00 PM5:00 PM
7:00 PM6:00 PM
8:00 PM7:00 PM
9:00 PM8:00 PM
10:00 PM9:00 PM
11:00 PM10:00 PM
both at work both awake
When the difference changes
Sydney and Tokyo do not change their clocks on the same day, so the difference is not always 1 hour:
- from Sunday, October 4, 2026 it is 2 hours (was 1 hour)
- from Sunday, April 4, 2027 it is 1 hour (was 2 hours)
- from Sunday, October 3, 2027 it is 2 hours (was 1 hour)
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 Sydney and Tokyo?
During working hours for both: 10:00 AM–6:00 PM in Sydney (9:00 AM–5:00 PM in Tokyo). That is 8 hours of shared working time.
When it is 9:00 AM in Sydney, what time is it in Tokyo?
8:00 AM. And when it is 9:00 AM in Tokyo, it is 10:00 AM in Sydney.
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