Japan · JST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Fukuoka, Japan runs on UTC+9. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+9 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 13-hour difference between Fukuoka and New York. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. There is a 8-hour difference between Fukuoka and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 17:00–18:00 in Fukuoka lines up with 09:00–10:00 in London. Fukuoka and Tokyo currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Fukuoka lines up with 09:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Seoul, Pyongyang, Osaka. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Fukuoka.
Practical Info
Fukuoka (Japan) is home to roughly 1.6M people. Today brings about 14.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:06, sunset at 19:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+9 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 34° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Japan
Capital
Tokyo
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
JST · Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
33.59°N, 130.40°E
Currency
JPY (¥)
Calling Code
+81
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Japanese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Fukuoka has around 100 licensed yatai — mobile food stalls that set up on the pavement each evening and are gone by morning. That is most of the ones left in Japan; other cities regulated them out of existence decades ago.
The clock: Fukuoka keeps UTC+9 but is Japan's westernmost major city, so its sunsets come nearly forty minutes after Tokyo's on the same clock.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
3h overlap