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Current local time in Osaka

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09:00:00

1 October 2026ThursdayThursday, 1 October 2026

Calling Code +81

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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

Sun & moon in Osaka today

Sunrise

05:51

Sunset

17:44

Daylight

11.9hrs

Next full moon

26 Oct

Hunter's Moon

Annual daylight in Osaka

Working hours in Osaka

OsakaUTC+9

06121824

Your locationUTC+0

06121824

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Time zone guide for Osaka

Osaka, 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 Osaka 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 Osaka 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 Osaka lines up with 09:00–10:00 in London. Osaka 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 Osaka lines up with 09:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Seoul, Pyongyang, Kyoto. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Osaka.

Practical information for Osaka

Osaka (Japan) is home to roughly 19.0M people. Today brings about 11.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:51, sunset at 17:44. 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, 135.50°E

Currency

JPY (¥)

Calling Code

+81

Driving Side

Left

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

Japanese

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

The Nation's Kitchen

Osaka has been called kuidaore — eat until you drop — for centuries, and as the hub through which the country's goods passed, it has long been known as the nation's kitchen. It was the rice-trading centre of Japan, and the world's first organised futures exchange opened here at Dōjima in 1730.

Traders there were pricing rice harvests that had not happened yet, nearly a century and a half before Chicago did the same for wheat.

The clock: Japan runs on a single offset, UTC+9, with no daylight saving. It was tried under the postwar occupation and abandoned in 1952.

The sun and the clock in Osaka (2026)

Solar noon11:58on UTC+9 standard time

Longest day14h 29m22 June

Shortest day9h 50m22 December

Yearly average12h 11mof daylight a day

Earliest sunrise04:4413 June

Latest sunset19:1530 June

Osaka lies at 135.5°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 11:58, 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 40m. 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 Osaka the sun comes up earliest on 13 June at 04:44, while the latest sunset waits until 30 June at 19:15. 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 Osaka 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.

Frequently asked questions

What is the current time and timezone in Osaka?

The official timezone for Osaka, Japan is Asia/Tokyo with a current UTC offset of UTC+9.

What is the population and location of Osaka?

Osaka has an estimated population of 19.0M and is located at coordinates 34.69°N, 135.50°E.

How many hours of daylight does Osaka get?

Osaka gets 14h 29m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 50m on its shortest, averaging 12h 11m a day across the year.

What time is solar noon in Osaka?

Solar noon in Osaka falls at about 11:58 on UTC+9 standard time, because the city sits 0.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.

What is an interesting fact or statistic about Osaka?

The Nation's Kitchen: Osaka has been called kuidaore — eat until you drop — for centuries, and as the hub through which the country's goods passed, it has long been known as the nation's kitchen.