Denver to Tokyo: time difference and best times to meet
Tokyo is 16 hours ahead of Denver. Their working days overlap for 1 hour, from 5pm to 6pm in Denver (9am–10am in Tokyo). The best time to schedule is 5pm Denver time, which is 9am in Tokyo.
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Denver and Tokyo time difference
This live comparison uses the current time-zone rules for both cities, so it reflects daylight-saving changes as well as the usual Denver and Tokyo clock gap. Set your working hours below to see the practical overlap before proposing a meeting.
Hour-by-hour overlap
Each row is one hour of the Denver day and the matching hour in Tokyo. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Denver | Tokyo | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 4pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 1am | 5pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 9am | 1am | Working hours in Denver only |
| 10am | 2am | Working hours in Denver only |
| 11am | 3am | Working hours in Denver only |
| 12pm | 4am | Working hours in Denver only |
| 1pm | 5am | Working hours in Denver only |
| 2pm | 6am | Working hours in Denver only |
| 3pm | 7am | Working hours in Denver only |
| 4pm | 8am | Working hours in Denver only |
| 5pm | 9am | Both cities at work |
| 6pm | 10am | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 7pm | 11am | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 8pm | 12pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 9pm | 1pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 10pm | 2pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 11pm | 3pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
Best times to propose
- 1. 5pm in Denver · 9am in Tokyo — Right at the edge of someone's day
Avoid 12am Denver time and 1am Denver time — only the other city is at work.
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, March 14, 2027 — Tokyo goes from 16 hours ahead of to 15 hours ahead of Denver.
Recurring meetings set as a fixed clock time in one city will move by an hour for the other on that date.
Public holidays to avoid
Dates where one side is off work while the other is not are the most common cause of no-shows on this route.
- Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — Culture Day — Tokyo is off, Denver is working.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Veterans Day — Denver is off, Tokyo is working.
- Monday, November 23, 2026 — Labour Thanksgiving Day — Tokyo is off, Denver is working.
- Thursday, November 26, 2026 — Thanksgiving Day — Denver is off, Tokyo is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day — Denver is off, Tokyo is working.
With 1 shared working hours, Denver and Tokyo can run standing meetings without anyone giving up an evening — as long as the slot sits inside that window on both sides of the next clock change.
Sending a booking link avoids the arithmetic entirely: each side picks a time in their own zone and both calendars get the correct local time, including after a daylight-saving change. See how LemCall handles cross-timezone bookings.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the time difference between Denver and Tokyo?
- Tokyo is currently 16 hours ahead of Denver. That changes to 15 hours ahead of on Sunday, March 14, 2027, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between Denver and Tokyo?
- 5pm in Denver, which is 9am in Tokyo. Right at the edge of someone's day.
- How many hours do Denver and Tokyo overlap?
- 1 hours, from 5pm to 6pm Denver time (9am–10am in Tokyo).
- Does daylight saving change the Denver–Tokyo gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 1 time: Sunday, March 14, 2027 (16 hours ahead of becomes 15 hours ahead of).
- Are there public holidays that affect Denver–Tokyo meetings?
- Yes. The next is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — a public holiday where Tokyo is, but a normal working day in Denver.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Denver
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved