| 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 |
Kumamoto, 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 Kumamoto 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 Kumamoto 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 Kumamoto lines up with 09:00–10:00 in London. Kumamoto 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 Kumamoto 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 Kumamoto.
Kumamoto (Japan) is home to roughly 740K people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:10, sunset at 18:03. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+9 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 33° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Japan
Capital
Tokyo
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
32.79°N, 130.74°E
Currency
JPY (¥)
Calling Code
+81
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Japanese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Kumamoto Castle's stone bases curve outward as they rise — the musha-gaeshi design, built from 1601 to make them unclimbable. The 2016 earthquake damaged much of it, and restoration is scheduled to run into the 2050s.
The clock: Kumamoto keeps UTC+9. Mount Aso nearby has one of the largest volcanic calderas in the world, about 25 km across, with towns inside it.
Kumamoto lies at 130.7°E. Its time zone, UTC+9, is built around the 135°E meridian. The 4.3° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 17 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:17 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 14h 19m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 59m. The swing between them is 4h 20m. 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 Kumamoto the sun comes up earliest on 13 June at 05:08, while the latest sunset waits until 1 July at 19:29. 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 Kumamoto that civil twilight runs about 25 minutes at the equinox.
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 Kumamoto, Japan is Asia/Tokyo with a current UTC offset of UTC+9.
Kumamoto has an estimated population of 740K and is located at coordinates 32.79°N, 130.74°E.
Kumamoto gets 14h 19m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 59m on its shortest, averaging 12h 11m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Kumamoto falls at about 12:17 on UTC+9 standard time, because the city sits 4.3° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Castle With Curved Walls: Kumamoto Castle's stone bases curve outward as they rise — the musha-gaeshi design, built from 1601 to make them unclimbable. The 2016 earthquake damaged much of it, and restoration is scheduled to run into the 2050s.