| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −8h | Becomes −9h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −7h | Becomes −8h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −5h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | ±0h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +1h | Becomes +2h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −13h | Becomes −14h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −16h | Becomes −17h on 1 Nov |
Hakodate, Japan runs on UTC+9. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+9 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Hakodate and New York is 13 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. The time difference between Hakodate and London is 8 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hour a day with London. A good time to connect: 17:00–18:00 in Hakodate lines up with 09:00–10:00 in London. Hakodate 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 Hakodate 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 Hakodate.
Hakodate (Japan) is home to roughly 250K people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:32, sunset at 17:21. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+9 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 42° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Japan
Capital
Tokyo
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
41.77°N, 140.73°E
Currency
JPY (¥)
Calling Code
+81
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Japanese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Goryōkaku was built in 1866 as Japan's first Western-style fortress, a five-pointed star designed against cannon fire. Within three years it had been the capital of the short-lived Republic of Ezo, which lasted about five months.
The clock: Hakodate keeps UTC+9. Its night view from Mount Hakodate is often ranked among the best in Japan, helped by the city sitting on a narrow isthmus with water on both sides.
Hakodate lies at 140.7°E. Its time zone, UTC+9, is built around the 135°E meridian. The 5.7° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 23 minutes behind the sun: solar noon arrives at about 11:37 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+9 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 15h 13m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 8m. The swing between them is 6h 5m. This is the latitude band where the difference between summer and winter evenings is most obvious.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Hakodate the sun comes up earliest on 15 June at 04:01, while the latest sunset waits until 29 June at 19:16. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Hakodate that civil twilight runs about 28 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 34 minutes at the solstice.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Hakodate, Japan is Asia/Tokyo with a current UTC offset of UTC+9.
Hakodate has an estimated population of 250K and is located at coordinates 41.77°N, 140.73°E.
Hakodate gets 15h 13m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 8m on its shortest, averaging 12h 13m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Hakodate falls at about 11:37 on UTC+9 standard time, because the city sits 5.7° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Star-Shaped Fort: Goryōkaku was built in 1866 as Japan's first Western-style fortress, a five-pointed star designed against cannon fire.