AraiJapan
Arai time at a glance
- Country
- Japan
- Location
- City in Niigata
- Time zone
Asia/Tokyo- UTC offset now
UTC+09:00- Current zone label
- GMT+9
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in Arai
Conditions near Arai and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Mist
- Feels like
- 24°C
- Humidity
- 94%
- Wind
- 8.3 km/h S
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Light rain shower20°C to 27°C84% chance of precipitationWind up to 9.7 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby21°C to 30°C68% chance of precipitationWind up to 10.8 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby21°C to 28°C82% chance of precipitationWind up to 10.8 km/h
Forecast valid from 22:15 local time. Updated 2026-08-31T13:27:41.430Z; refresh due by 2026-08-31T13:42:41.430Z.
Time-zone identity for Arai
- IANA zone
Asia/Tokyo- UTC offset now
- UTC+09:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+9
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Arai is currently 9 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Arai
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Sunday, 5 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Arai
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Tokyo, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Location context
About Arai
Location details for Arai in Niigata, Japan.
- Administrative area
- Niigata, Japan
- Population
- 27,481
- Coordinates
- 37.0006° N, 138.2259° E. The elevation is 175 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Arai
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Arai. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- MyokoNiigata, Japan3.8 km northeast
Asia/TokyoSame local time - JōetsuNiigata, Japan16 km north
Asia/TokyoSame local time - ItoigawaNiigata, Japan34 km west
Asia/TokyoSame local time - KashiwazakiNiigata, Japan50 km northeast
Asia/TokyoSame local time - TōkamachiNiigata, Japan50 km east
Asia/TokyoSame local time - ShiozawaNiigata, Japan55 km east
Asia/TokyoSame local time
Sources for Arai time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.