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Published 2026-08-04 · last checked 2026-08-04 · written and calculated in-house by timedatelive

Asia runs ahead of Europe by between 2 hours 30 minutes and 8 hours in August, and by between 2 hours 30 minutes and 9 hours in January. 61 of these 66 pairings are exactly one hour wider in winter, because the European city puts its clocks back an hour in late October and the Asian city does not.

The short answer

Asia runs ahead of Europe by between 2 hours 30 minutes and 8 hours in August, and by between 2 hours 30 minutes and 9 hours in January. 61 of these 66 pairings are exactly one hour wider in winter, because the European city puts its clocks back an hour in late October and the Asian city does not.

The five exceptions all involve Istanbul, which sits in Europe geographically but has held a fixed UTC+3 since 2016 and no longer changes its clocks. Its gap to Bangkok, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Singapore and Tokyo is the same all year.

PairGap on 4 August 2026Gap on 14 January 2026Shared working hours
Amsterdam to Bangkok5 hours behind6 hours behind3 hours
Amsterdam to Hong Kong (Central)6 hours behind7 hours behind2 hours
Amsterdam to Mumbai3h 30m behind4h 30m behind4.5 hours
Amsterdam to Singapore (CBD)6 hours behind7 hours behind2 hours
Amsterdam to Tokyo7 hours behind8 hours behind1 hour
Bengaluru to Berlin3h 30m ahead4h 30m ahead4.5 hours
Bengaluru to London4h 30m ahead5h 30m ahead3.5 hours
Bengaluru to Paris3h 30m ahead4h 30m ahead4.5 hours
Bangkok to Barcelona5 hours ahead6 hours ahead3 hours
Bangkok to Berlin5 hours ahead6 hours ahead3 hours
Bangkok to Istanbul4 hours ahead4 hours ahead4 hours
Bangkok to Lisbon6 hours ahead7 hours ahead2 hours
Bangkok to London6 hours ahead7 hours ahead2 hours
Bangkok to Madrid5 hours ahead6 hours ahead3 hours
Bangkok to Paris5 hours ahead6 hours ahead3 hours
Bangkok to Rome5 hours ahead6 hours ahead3 hours
Barcelona to Hong Kong (Central)6 hours behind7 hours behind2 hours
Barcelona to Mumbai3h 30m behind4h 30m behind4.5 hours
Barcelona to Singapore (CBD)6 hours behind7 hours behind2 hours
Barcelona to Tokyo7 hours behind8 hours behind1 hour
Berlin to Chiang Mai5 hours behind6 hours behind3 hours
Berlin to Ho Chi Minh City5 hours behind6 hours behind3 hours
Berlin to Hong Kong (Central)6 hours behind7 hours behind2 hours
Berlin to Jakarta5 hours behind6 hours behind3 hours
Berlin to Kuala Lumpur6 hours behind7 hours behind2 hours
Berlin to Manila6 hours behind7 hours behind2 hours
Berlin to Mumbai3h 30m behind4h 30m behind4.5 hours
Berlin to Seoul7 hours behind8 hours behind1 hour
Berlin to Singapore (CBD)6 hours behind7 hours behind2 hours
Berlin to Tokyo7 hours behind8 hours behind1 hour
Chiang Mai to London6 hours ahead7 hours ahead2 hours
Chiang Mai to Paris5 hours ahead6 hours ahead3 hours
Ho Chi Minh City to London6 hours ahead7 hours ahead2 hours
Ho Chi Minh City to Paris5 hours ahead6 hours ahead3 hours
Hong Kong (Central) to Istanbul5 hours ahead5 hours ahead3 hours
Hong Kong (Central) to Lisbon7 hours ahead8 hours ahead1 hour
Hong Kong (Central) to London7 hours ahead8 hours ahead1 hour
Hong Kong (Central) to Madrid6 hours ahead7 hours ahead2 hours
Hong Kong (Central) to Paris6 hours ahead7 hours ahead2 hours
Hong Kong (Central) to Rome6 hours ahead7 hours ahead2 hours
Istanbul to Mumbai2h 30m behind2h 30m behind5.5 hours
Istanbul to Singapore (CBD)5 hours behind5 hours behind3 hours
Istanbul to Tokyo6 hours behind6 hours behind2 hours
Jakarta to London6 hours ahead7 hours ahead2 hours
Jakarta to Paris5 hours ahead6 hours ahead3 hours
Kuala Lumpur to London7 hours ahead8 hours ahead1 hour
Kuala Lumpur to Paris6 hours ahead7 hours ahead2 hours
Lisbon to Mumbai4h 30m behind5h 30m behind3.5 hours
Lisbon to Singapore (CBD)7 hours behind8 hours behind1 hour
Lisbon to Tokyo8 hours behind9 hours behindnone
London to Manila7 hours behind8 hours behind1 hour
London to Mumbai4h 30m behind5h 30m behind3.5 hours
London to Seoul8 hours behind9 hours behindnone
London to Singapore (CBD)7 hours behind8 hours behind1 hour
London to Tokyo8 hours behind9 hours behindnone
Madrid to Mumbai3h 30m behind4h 30m behind4.5 hours
Madrid to Singapore (CBD)6 hours behind7 hours behind2 hours
Madrid to Tokyo7 hours behind8 hours behind1 hour
Manila to Paris6 hours ahead7 hours ahead2 hours
Mumbai to Paris3h 30m ahead4h 30m ahead4.5 hours
Mumbai to Rome3h 30m ahead4h 30m ahead4.5 hours
Paris to Seoul7 hours behind8 hours behind1 hour
Paris to Singapore (CBD)6 hours behind7 hours behind2 hours
Paris to Tokyo7 hours behind8 hours behind1 hour
Rome to Singapore (CBD)6 hours behind7 hours behind2 hours
Rome to Tokyo7 hours behind8 hours behind1 hour

All 66 pairings in this group, both directions available. Gaps as at 4 August 2026 and 14 January 2026.

How this page was built. Offsets come from the IANA time zone database, read through Python's zoneinfo, for two reference instants: midday on 14 January 2026 and midday on 4 August 2026. Two instants are needed because 15 of the 34 cities move their clocks and 19 do not, so a single figure would be wrong for half the year. Gaps are the difference between the two cities' UTC offsets at the same instant. Shared working hours are the overlap of 09:00–17:00 local time in both cities on the same calendar day. Nothing here is estimated or rounded: every figure is recomputed from the tz database each time this page is rebuilt, and the date it was last checked is printed at the top. Full methodology.
The same pairs read the other way 66 pages

Each pairing has a page from each side. The table above links one direction; these link the other.

Bangkok to AmsterdamHong Kong (Central) to AmsterdamMumbai to AmsterdamSingapore (CBD) to AmsterdamTokyo to AmsterdamBerlin to BengaluruLondon to BengaluruParis to BengaluruBarcelona to BangkokBerlin to BangkokIstanbul to BangkokLisbon to BangkokLondon to BangkokMadrid to BangkokParis to BangkokRome to BangkokHong Kong (Central) to BarcelonaMumbai to BarcelonaSingapore (CBD) to BarcelonaTokyo to BarcelonaChiang Mai to BerlinHo Chi Minh City to BerlinHong Kong (Central) to BerlinJakarta to BerlinKuala Lumpur to BerlinManila to BerlinMumbai to BerlinSeoul to BerlinSingapore (CBD) to BerlinTokyo to BerlinLondon to Chiang MaiParis to Chiang MaiLondon to Ho Chi Minh CityParis to Ho Chi Minh CityIstanbul to Hong Kong (Central)Lisbon to Hong Kong (Central)London to Hong Kong (Central)Madrid to Hong Kong (Central)Paris to Hong Kong (Central)Rome to Hong Kong (Central)Mumbai to IstanbulSingapore (CBD) to IstanbulTokyo to IstanbulLondon to JakartaParis to JakartaLondon to Kuala LumpurParis to Kuala LumpurMumbai to LisbonSingapore (CBD) to LisbonTokyo to LisbonManila to LondonMumbai to LondonSeoul to LondonSingapore (CBD) to LondonTokyo to LondonMumbai to MadridSingapore (CBD) to MadridTokyo to MadridParis to ManilaParis to MumbaiRome to MumbaiSeoul to ParisSingapore (CBD) to ParisTokyo to ParisSingapore (CBD) to RomeTokyo to Rome

Common follow-up questions

Why is nearly every Asia-Europe gap an hour bigger in January?

Because the European cities in this set observe daylight saving and none of the Asian ones do. In summer Europe moves forward an hour, closing the gap; in late October it moves back, opening it again. The only European city here that does not do this is Istanbul.

Which Asian cities are not on a whole-hour offset from Europe?

Mumbai and Bengaluru, both on UTC+5:30 all year, so their gap to any European city ends in 30 minutes. That is why the narrowest gap in this group is 2 hours 30 minutes rather than 2 hours.