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Current time in Tokyo

Friday, 17 July 2026

Tokyo, Japan · Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00

Time-zone identity for Tokyo

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.

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

Clock changes in Tokyo

370-day checked horizon

No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 22 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.

Weather now

Weather in Tokyo

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

29°C

Partly cloudy

Feels like
34°C
Humidity
89%
Wind
3.6 km/h E
Recent precipitation
1.2 mm

3-day forecast

  1. Patchy rain nearby26°C to 30°C79% chance of precipitationWind up to 20.2 km/h
  2. Partly Cloudy25°C to 31°C17% chance of precipitationWind up to 21.6 km/h
  3. Partly Cloudy25°C to 30°C10% chance of precipitationWind up to 20.5 km/h

Forecast valid from 08:00 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T23:11:57.559Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T23:26:57.559Z.

Time-zone history

UTC offset changes for Tokyo

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.

Sun and Moon today

Sun and Moon in Tokyo

Daily astronomical events for Friday, 17 July 2026, expressed in Asia/Tokyo local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.

Sun

Sunrise
04:38
Sunset
18:57
Solar noon
11:47
Civil twilight
04:09–19:26

Moon

Moonrise
07:33
Moonset
20:57
Phase
Waxing Crescent
Illumination
10%

Capital city context

About Tokyo, capital of Japan

Tokyo is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of Japan. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.

Capital status
Capital of Japan
Administrative area
Japan
Population
9,733,276
Coordinates
35.6895° N, 139.6917° E. The elevation is 44 metres.

Country context

Japan at a glance

Country information for Japan. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.

Capital
Tokyo is the listed capital.
Country codes
JP · JPN · 392
Population
126,529,100
Currency
Japanese Yen (JPY)
Calling code
+81
Languages
Japanese
Time zones represented
1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: Asia/Tokyo.

Data and methodology

The current time is calculated for Asia/Tokyo when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 1850147 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.

Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T23:11:57.536Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T23:11:57.559Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T23:11:57.558Z

View calculation details and sources
  • GeoNames cities15000
    GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessed
    Place and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
  • IANA Time Zone Database
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessed
    Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
  • Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
    Unicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessed
    English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
  • Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day
    United States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessed
    Daily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
  • Weather and Geolocation API
    WeatherAPI.com · version 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.