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Current time in Sapporo, Japan

Monday, 31 August 2026

Japan Standard TimeUTC+09:00

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Sapporo time at a glance

Country
Japan
Location
City in Hokkaido
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
UTC offset now
UTC+09:00
Current zone label
GMT+9
Next clock change
No upcoming change available

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Weather in Sapporo

Conditions near Sapporo and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.

20°C

Light rain shower

Feels like
21°C
Humidity
73%
Wind
4 km/h S
Recent precipitation
0.3 mm

3-day forecast

  1. Patchy rain nearby15°C to 20°C67% chance of precipitationWind up to 8.3 km/h
  2. Patchy rain nearby14°C to 20°C85% chance of precipitationWind up to 13.3 km/h
  3. Light rain shower14°C to 15°C94% chance of precipitationWind up to 10.4 km/h

Forecast valid from 15:45 local time. Updated 2026-08-31T06:56:18.092Z; refresh due by 2026-08-31T07:11:18.092Z.

Time-zone identity for Sapporo

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.

Sapporo is currently 9 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Clock changes in Sapporo

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 Sapporo

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 Sapporo

Location details for Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan.

Administrative area
Hokkaido, Japan
Population
1,973,832
Coordinates
43.0667° N, 141.3500° E. The elevation is 26 metres.

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Sources for Sapporo time and city facts

Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.

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  • GeoNames cities15000
    GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · Accessed
    City and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
  • IANA Time Zone Database
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · Accessed
    Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
  • Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
    Unicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · Accessed
    English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
  • Weather and Geolocation API
    WeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · Accessed
    Current weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.