Sydney to Tokyo: time difference and best times to meet
Tokyo is 2 hours behind Sydney. Their working days overlap for 7 hours, from 11am to 6pm in Sydney (9am–4pm in Tokyo). The best time to schedule is 1pm Sydney time, which is 11am in Tokyo.
Australia/Sydney
Asia/Tokyo
Sydney 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 Sydney 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 Sydney day and the matching hour in Tokyo. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Sydney | Tokyo | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9am | 7am | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 10am | 8am | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 11am | 9am | Both cities at work |
| 12pm | 10am | Both cities at work |
| 1pm | 11am | Both cities at work |
| 2pm | 12pm | Both cities at work |
| 3pm | 1pm | Both cities at work |
| 4pm | 2pm | Both cities at work |
| 5pm | 3pm | Both cities at work |
| 6pm | 4pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
| 7pm | 5pm | Working hours in Tokyo only |
Best times to propose
- 1. 1pm in Sydney · 11am in Tokyo — Comfortable mid-day slot on both sides
- 2. 3pm in Sydney · 1pm in Tokyo — Comfortable mid-day slot on both sides
- 3. 4pm in Sydney · 2pm in Tokyo — Comfortable mid-day slot on both sides
Avoid 9am Sydney time and 10am Sydney time — inside working hours locally but outside them for the other city.
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, April 4, 2027 — Tokyo goes from 2 hours behind to 1 hour behind Sydney.
- Sunday, October 3, 2027 — Tokyo goes from 1 hour behind to 2 hours behind Sydney.
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 — Melbourne Cup and Culture Day; both cities are off.
- Monday, November 23, 2026 — Labour Thanksgiving Day — Tokyo is off, Sydney is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day — Sydney is off, Tokyo is working.
- Monday, December 28, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — Sydney is off, Tokyo is working.
With 7 shared working hours, Sydney 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 Sydney and Tokyo?
- Tokyo is currently 2 hours behind Sydney. That changes to 1 hour behind on Sunday, April 4, 2027, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between Sydney and Tokyo?
- 1pm in Sydney, which is 11am in Tokyo. Comfortable mid-day slot on both sides.
- How many hours do Sydney and Tokyo overlap?
- 7 hours, from 11am to 6pm Sydney time (9am–4pm in Tokyo).
- Does daylight saving change the Sydney–Tokyo gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 2 times: Sunday, April 4, 2027 (2 hours behind becomes 1 hour behind); Sunday, October 3, 2027 (1 hour behind becomes 2 hours behind).
- Are there public holidays that affect Sydney–Tokyo meetings?
- Yes. The next is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — a public holiday in both countries.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Sydney
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved