Time zone converter

Sydney time to Tokyo

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Current local time
Sydney
12:18:06 PM
Wednesday, 21 October · UTC +11:00
Time difference2 hrs
Tokyo
10:18:06 AM
Wednesday, 21 October · UTC +09:00
At a glance

Sydney is 2 hrs ahead of Tokyo.

Calculated for 21 October 2026 to account for daylight saving.

Shared 9–5 hours

6 hrs of overlap

11:00 AM–5:00 PM in Sydney · 9:00 AM–3:00 PM in Tokyo

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Sydney to Tokyo time converter

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Soft green · 09:00–17:00 working hoursShared working hours · all cities in greenAmber · early / late, 07:00–09:00 or 17:00–19:00Grey · overnight, 19:00–07:00

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The blue handle marks your selected time. The dashed Now line marks actual current time on today’s date.

Wednesday
21/10/2026
Selected time
Sydney Working hours12:20 PM21 Oct 2026 · UTC+11:00 · DST
Tokyo Working hours10:20 AM21 Oct 2026 · UTC+09:00
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Shared working hours means every selected city is in the green range. These hints do not check calendars.

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Tokyo

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6 choices · 2026-10-21 · times in Sydney

6 of 6 choices stay within 09:00–17:00 for every city for the whole meeting.

Top-ranked option preview · 12:00 PM

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Sydney 12:00–13:00 · 2026-10-21 · UTC+11:00 · Working hoursTokyo 10:00–11:00 · 2026-10-21 · UTC+09:00 · Working hours

Daily local-time defaults, not calendar availability. Choices can be different starts inside the same working-hours window.

Sydney12:20 PM · 21 Oct 2026 · UTC+11:00Tokyo10:20 AM · 21 Oct 2026 · UTC+09:00

Planning guide

The best time to call from Sydney to Tokyo

Sydney is 2 hrs ahead of Tokyo. Because time-zone rules can change with daylight saving, the exact offset may be different on another date; the converter above recalculates it whenever you change the day.

For a call during standard working hours in both places, aim for between 11:00 AM and 5:00 PM in Sydney. That is 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM in Tokyo on 21 October 2026.

Select a row in the full 24-hour table to create a precise, shareable time. The selected link retains the cities, date, and time so everyone opens the same conversion.

Dated planning examples

Start with 21 October 2026 in Sydney. Both local dates are shown so an evening or morning call is not mistaken for the same calendar day.

  • Sydney: → Tokyo:
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Seasonal check for 2026: on 15 January 2026, Sydney is 2 hours ahead of Tokyo; on 15 July 2026, Sydney is 1 hour ahead of Tokyo. These are dated samples, not the full transition calendar. Change the converter date for the exact day you need.

These are conversion examples, not confirmed availability. The 9–5 overlap above assumes 09:00–17:00 local hours and does not account for weekends, holidays or personal schedules.

How is the time difference calculated?+

oTimey uses each city’s IANA time zone and the selected calendar date, including local daylight-saving rules and half-hour or 45-minute offsets.

Can the difference change during the year?+

Yes. Cities can start and end daylight saving on different dates, so their difference may shift by an hour for part of the year.

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