City time difference

San Francisco and Tokyo time difference

Find transpacific meeting hours between California and Japan. Pick a date to see every local hour without doing the conversion yourself.

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San Francisco—United States · UTC offset · America/Los_Angeles

Tokyo—Japan · UTC offset · Asia/Tokyo

San Francisco and Tokyo currently show the same local time.

24-hour comparison starting in San Francisco Highlighted hours are 09:00–17:00 in both cities.

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Does this time difference change?

Yes. During the year, Tokyo can be 16 hours ahead or 17 hours ahead relative to San Francisco. Their daylight-saving schedules do not move on exactly the same dates.

The comparison uses America/Los_Angeles and Asia/Tokyo, not fixed abbreviations.