| 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 |
Naha, 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 Naha 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 Naha 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 Naha lines up with 09:00–10:00 in London. Naha 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 Naha 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 Naha.
Naha (Japan) is home to roughly 320K people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:21, sunset at 18:17. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+9 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 26° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Japan
Capital
Tokyo
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
26.21°N, 127.68°E
Currency
JPY (¥)
Calling Code
+81
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Japanese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Ryukyu Kingdom governed Okinawa independently from 1429 to 1879, trading with China, Korea and Southeast Asia. Its Shuri Castle burned down in 2019 for at least the fifth time in its history and is being rebuilt again.
The clock: Naha keeps UTC+9 with Tokyo despite being 1,500 km southwest, which puts its solar noon about 48 minutes later than Tokyo's on the same clock.
Naha lies at 127.7°E. Its time zone, UTC+9, is built around the 135°E meridian. The 7.3° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 29 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:29 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 13h 47m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 10h 30m. The swing between them is 3h 17m. 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 Naha the sun comes up earliest on 10 June at 05:36, while the latest sunset waits until 4 July at 19:26. 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 Naha that civil twilight runs about 23 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 Naha, Japan is Asia/Tokyo with a current UTC offset of UTC+9.
Naha has an estimated population of 320K and is located at coordinates 26.21°N, 127.68°E.
Naha gets 13h 47m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 30m on its shortest, averaging 12h 9m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Naha falls at about 12:29 on UTC+9 standard time, because the city sits 7.3° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Kingdom That Was Not Japan: The Ryukyu Kingdom governed Okinawa independently from 1429 to 1879, trading with China, Korea and Southeast Asia.