Tokyo to Berlin Time Converter

Tokyo is 7 hours ahead of Berlin · Tokyo UTC+9 · Berlin UTC+2

🇯🇵 Tokyo

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Best time to connect

Working hours overlap: 4pm–6pm Tokyo time. That's the window when both cities are in a typical 9-to-5 workday — ideal for calls and meetings.

Tokyo ↔ Berlin time difference explained

Tokyo is 7 hours ahead of Berlin. Tokyo, Japan runs on Asia/Tokyo (UTC+9) while Berlin, Germany uses Europe/Berlin (UTC+2). The converter above stays accurate through daylight saving changes because it reads live UTC offsets rather than fixed values. Whether you're coordinating remote work, booking a call, or planning travel between Tokyo and Berlin, the working-hours overlap panel shows exactly when both cities are awake and at their desks.

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Hour-by-hour: Tokyo to Berlin

When it's this time in Tokyo, here's the time in Berlin — all 24 hours, in both 24-hour and 12-hour (am/pm) format.

00:00 · 12am17:00 · 5pm (−1d)

01:00 · 1am18:00 · 6pm (−1d)

02:00 · 2am19:00 · 7pm (−1d)

03:00 · 3am20:00 · 8pm (−1d)

04:00 · 4am21:00 · 9pm (−1d)

05:00 · 5am22:00 · 10pm (−1d)

06:00 · 6am23:00 · 11pm (−1d)

07:00 · 7am00:00 · 12am

08:00 · 8am01:00 · 1am

09:00 · 9am02:00 · 2am

10:00 · 10am03:00 · 3am

11:00 · 11am04:00 · 4am

12:00 · 12pm05:00 · 5am

13:00 · 1pm06:00 · 6am

14:00 · 2pm07:00 · 7am

15:00 · 3pm08:00 · 8am

16:00 · 4pm09:00 · 9am

17:00 · 5pm10:00 · 10am

18:00 · 6pm11:00 · 11am

19:00 · 7pm12:00 · 12pm

20:00 · 8pm13:00 · 1pm

21:00 · 9pm14:00 · 2pm

22:00 · 10pm15:00 · 3pm

23:00 · 11pm16:00 · 4pm

Tokyo keeps Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9) all year. Berlin keeps Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+2) from 29 March to 25 October 2026, and Central European Time (CET, UTC+1) for the rest of the year. On those offsets the time in Germany is 7 hours behind the time in Japan: 9am in Tokyo is 2am, 12pm in Tokyo is 5am, 2pm in Tokyo is 7am, and 8pm in Tokyo is 1pm in Berlin.

Frequently asked questions

What is the time difference between Tokyo and Berlin?

Tokyo is 7 hours ahead of Berlin. Tokyo is UTC+9 and Berlin is UTC+2. The live converter above updates every second and accounts for daylight saving time automatically.

When it's 9am in Tokyo, what time is it in Berlin?

When it's 9am in Tokyo, it's 2:00 in Berlin (tokyo is 7 hours ahead of berlin).

What's the best time to schedule a call between Tokyo and Berlin?

The "best time to connect" panel above shows the live working-hours overlap — the window when both Tokyo and Berlin are within a typical 9-to-5 workday, ideal for meetings and calls.

Do Tokyo and Berlin observe daylight saving time?

Both cities' current UTC offsets are shown live above and adjust automatically when either region enters or leaves daylight saving time, so the converter is always accurate.