Tokyo to Melbourne Time Converter

Tokyo is 1 hour behind Melbourne · Tokyo UTC+9 · Melbourne UTC+10

🇯🇵 Tokyo

🇦🇺 Melbourne

Best time to connect

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

Tokyo ↔ Melbourne time difference explained

Tokyo is 1 hour behind Melbourne. Tokyo, Japan runs on Asia/Tokyo (UTC+9) while Melbourne, Australia uses Australia/Melbourne (UTC+10). 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 Melbourne, 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 Melbourne

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

00:00 · 12am01:00 · 1am

01:00 · 1am02:00 · 2am

02:00 · 2am03:00 · 3am

03:00 · 3am04:00 · 4am

04:00 · 4am05:00 · 5am

05:00 · 5am06:00 · 6am

06:00 · 6am07:00 · 7am

07:00 · 7am08:00 · 8am

08:00 · 8am09:00 · 9am

09:00 · 9am10:00 · 10am

10:00 · 10am11:00 · 11am

11:00 · 11am12:00 · 12pm

12:00 · 12pm13:00 · 1pm

13:00 · 1pm14:00 · 2pm

14:00 · 2pm15:00 · 3pm

15:00 · 3pm16:00 · 4pm

16:00 · 4pm17:00 · 5pm

17:00 · 5pm18:00 · 6pm

18:00 · 6pm19:00 · 7pm

19:00 · 7pm20:00 · 8pm

20:00 · 8pm21:00 · 9pm

21:00 · 9pm22:00 · 10pm

22:00 · 10pm23:00 · 11pm

23:00 · 11pm00:00 · 12am (+1d)

Tokyo keeps Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9) all year. Melbourne keeps Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST, UTC+10) from 5 April to 4 October 2026, and Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT, UTC+11) for the rest of the year. On those offsets the time in Australia is 1 hour ahead of the time in Japan: 9am in Tokyo is 10am, 12pm in Tokyo is 1pm, 2pm in Tokyo is 3pm, and 8pm in Tokyo is 9pm in Melbourne.

Frequently asked questions

What is the time difference between Tokyo and Melbourne?

Tokyo is 1 hour behind Melbourne. Tokyo is UTC+9 and Melbourne is UTC+10. 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 Melbourne?

When it's 9am in Tokyo, it's 10:00 in Melbourne (tokyo is 1 hour behind melbourne).

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

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

Do Tokyo and Melbourne 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.