Madrid to Tokyo: time difference and best times to meet
Tokyo is 8 hours ahead of Madrid. Their working days overlap for 1 hour, from 9am to 10am in Madrid (5pm–6pm in Tokyo). The best time to schedule is 9am Madrid time, which is 5pm in Tokyo.
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Madrid 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 Madrid 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 Madrid day and the matching hour in Tokyo. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Madrid | Tokyo | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 1am | 9am | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 2am | 10am | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 3am | 11am | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 4am | 12pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 5am | 1pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 6am | 2pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 7am | 3pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 8am | 4pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 9am | 5pm | Both cities at work |
| 10am | 6pm | Working hours in Madrid only |
| 11am | 7pm | Working hours in Madrid only |
| 12pm | 8pm | Working hours in Madrid only |
| 1pm | 9pm | Working hours in Madrid only |
| 2pm | 10pm | Working hours in Madrid only |
| 3pm | 11pm | Working hours in Madrid only |
| 4pm | 12am | Working hours in Madrid only |
| 5pm | 1am | Working hours in Madrid only |
Best times to propose
- 1. 9am in Madrid · 5pm in Tokyo — Right at the edge of someone's day
Avoid 1am Madrid time and 2am Madrid time — only the other city is at work.
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, March 28, 2027 — Tokyo goes from 8 hours ahead of to 7 hours ahead of Madrid.
- Sunday, October 31, 2027 — Tokyo goes from 7 hours ahead of to 8 hours ahead of Madrid.
Recurring meetings set as a fixed clock time in one city will move by an hour for the other on these dates.
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, Madrid is working.
- Monday, November 23, 2026 — Labour Thanksgiving Day — Tokyo is off, Madrid is working.
- Sunday, December 6, 2026 — Constitution Day — Madrid is off, Tokyo is working.
- Tuesday, December 8, 2026 — Immaculate Conception — Madrid is off, Tokyo is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day — Madrid is off, Tokyo is working.
- Saturday, December 26, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — Madrid is off, Tokyo is working.
With 1 shared working hours, Madrid 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 Madrid and Tokyo?
- Tokyo is currently 8 hours ahead of Madrid. That changes to 7 hours ahead of on Sunday, March 28, 2027, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between Madrid and Tokyo?
- 9am in Madrid, which is 5pm in Tokyo. Right at the edge of someone's day.
- How many hours do Madrid and Tokyo overlap?
- 1 hours, from 9am to 10am Madrid time (5pm–6pm in Tokyo).
- Does daylight saving change the Madrid–Tokyo gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 2 times: Sunday, March 28, 2027 (8 hours ahead of becomes 7 hours ahead of); Sunday, October 31, 2027 (7 hours ahead of becomes 8 hours ahead of).
- Are there public holidays that affect Madrid–Tokyo meetings?
- Yes. The next is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — a public holiday where Tokyo is, but a normal working day in Madrid.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Madrid
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved