| 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 |
Niigata, 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 Niigata 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 Niigata 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 Niigata lines up with 09:00–10:00 in London. Niigata 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 Niigata 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 Niigata.
Niigata (Japan) is home to roughly 780K people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:38, sunset at 17:29. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+9 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 38° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Japan
Capital
Tokyo
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
Coordinates
37.90°N, 139.02°E
Currency
JPY (¥)
Calling Code
+81
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Japanese
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Niigata prefecture produces more rice, and has more sake breweries, than any other in Japan — around 90 of them — because the snowmelt water off the mountains is unusually soft and the winters are long enough to control fermentation.
The clock: Niigata keeps UTC+9 and lies on the Sea of Japan coast, which gets some of the heaviest snowfall of any inhabited region on Earth.
Niigata lies at 139.0°E. Its time zone, UTC+9, is built around the 135°E meridian. The 4.0° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 16 minutes behind the sun: solar noon arrives at about 11:44 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 48m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 32m. The swing between them is 5h 16m. 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 Niigata the sun comes up earliest on 14 June at 04:21, while the latest sunset waits until 30 June at 19:10. 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 Niigata that civil twilight runs about 26 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 31 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 Niigata, Japan is Asia/Tokyo with a current UTC offset of UTC+9.
Niigata has an estimated population of 780K and is located at coordinates 37.90°N, 139.02°E.
Niigata gets 14h 48m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 32m on its shortest, averaging 12h 12m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Niigata falls at about 11:44 on UTC+9 standard time, because the city sits 4.0° from the meridian its zone is built on.
Japan's Rice and Sake Country: Niigata prefecture produces more rice, and has more sake breweries, than any other in Japan — around 90 of them — because the snowmelt water off the mountains is unusually soft and the winters are long enough to control…