| 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 |
Kobe, 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 Kobe 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 Kobe 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 Kobe lines up with 09:00–10:00 in London. Kobe 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 Kobe 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 Kobe.
Kobe (Japan) is home to roughly 1.5M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:53, sunset at 17:45. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+9 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 35° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Japan
Capital
Tokyo
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
34.69°N, 135.19°E
Currency
JPY (¥)
Calling Code
+81
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Japanese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake killed over 6,400 people and destroyed more than 100,000 buildings in and around Kobe. It led directly to a rewrite of Japanese seismic standards and to the modern volunteer disaster-response system.
The clock: Kobe keeps UTC+9 and lies beside Akashi, through which the 135° meridian that defines Japan Standard Time runs.
Kobe lies at 135.2°E. Its time zone, UTC+9, is built around the 135°E meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 11:59, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. The zone holds UTC+9 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 14h 29m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 50m. The swing between them is 4h 39m. At this latitude the seasons are visible in the clock, but never dramatic.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Kobe the sun comes up earliest on 13 June at 04:45, while the latest sunset waits until 30 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 Kobe that civil twilight runs about 25 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 30 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 Kobe, Japan is Asia/Tokyo with a current UTC offset of UTC+9.
Kobe has an estimated population of 1.5M and is located at coordinates 34.69°N, 135.19°E.
Kobe gets 14h 29m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 50m on its shortest, averaging 12h 11m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Kobe falls at about 11:59 on UTC+9 standard time, because the city sits 0.2° from the meridian its zone is built on.
An Earthquake That Changed the Building Code: The 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake killed over 6,400 people and destroyed more than 100,000 buildings in and around Kobe.