New York to Tokyo: time difference and best times to meet
Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of New York. There is no overlap between a normal working day in each city, so one side has to take the call outside working hours.
America/New_York
Asia/Tokyo
Hour-by-hour overlap
Each row is one hour of the New York day and the matching hour in Tokyo. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| New York | Tokyo | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 1pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 1am | 2pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 2am | 3pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 3am | 4pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 4am | 5pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 9am | 10pm | Working hours in New York only |
| 10am | 11pm | Working hours in New York only |
| 11am | 12am | Working hours in New York only |
| 12pm | 1am | Working hours in New York only |
| 1pm | 2am | Working hours in New York only |
| 2pm | 3am | Working hours in New York only |
| 3pm | 4am | Working hours in New York only |
| 4pm | 5am | Working hours in New York only |
| 5pm | 6am | Working hours in New York only |
| 8pm | 9am | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 9pm | 10am | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 10pm | 11am | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 11pm | 12pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, November 1, 2026 — Tokyo goes from 13 hours ahead of to 14 hours ahead of New York.
- Sunday, March 14, 2027 — Tokyo goes from 14 hours ahead of to 13 hours ahead of New York.
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.
- Monday, September 21, 2026 — Respect for the Aged Day — Tokyo is off, New York is working.
- Wednesday, September 23, 2026 — Autumnal Equinox Day — Tokyo is off, New York is working.
- Monday, October 12, 2026 — Indigenous Peoples' Day and Sports Day; both cities are off.
- Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — Culture Day — Tokyo is off, New York is working.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Veterans Day — New York is off, Tokyo is working.
- Monday, November 23, 2026 — Labour Thanksgiving Day — Tokyo is off, New York is working.
- Thursday, November 26, 2026 — Thanksgiving Day — New York is off, Tokyo is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day — New York is off, Tokyo is working.
New York and Tokyo have no shared working hours, so a recurring live meeting always costs someone their morning or their evening. Rotating the burden, or moving the update to written form, is usually the better answer.
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 New York and Tokyo?
- Tokyo is currently 13 hours ahead of New York. That changes to 14 hours ahead of on Sunday, November 1, 2026, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between New York and Tokyo?
- There is no hour where both cities are inside normal working hours, so one side has to take the call early or late.
- How many hours do New York and Tokyo overlap?
- Zero, on a standard 9–18 working day in each city.
- Does daylight saving change the New York–Tokyo gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 2 times: Sunday, November 1, 2026 (13 hours ahead of becomes 14 hours ahead of); Sunday, March 14, 2027 (14 hours ahead of becomes 13 hours ahead of).
- Are there public holidays that affect New York–Tokyo meetings?
- Yes. The next is Monday, September 21, 2026 — a public holiday where Tokyo is, but a normal working day in New York.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for New York
- New York ↔ MumbaiNo working-hours overlap
- New York ↔ BangaloreNo working-hours overlap
- New York ↔ SingaporeNo working-hours overlap
- New York ↔ Hong KongNo working-hours overlap
- New York ↔ SeoulNo working-hours overlap
- New York ↔ ShanghaiNo working-hours overlap
- New York ↔ SydneyNo working-hours overlap
- New York ↔ MelbourneNo working-hours overlap
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved