Best time to meet between New York and Tokyo
Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of New York on 31 July 2026. Their standard working days do not overlap at all.
- New York
- UTC-4
- America/New_York
- Tokyo
- UTC+9
- Asia/Tokyo
- Shared working hours
- None
- at 9:00–17:00 each
Participants
Best meeting slots
No time works for everyone on this day — the slots below are the fairest tradeoffs. Try another date or widening someone's hours.
Local timelines — Fri, Jul 31
Each row is one person's 24h day, aligned to the same instants. Times are labelled in each person's own timezone.
Best meeting times
Ranked for Friday, 31 July 2026, assuming each person is available 9:00–17:00 in their own local time. Change the date or the hours in the planner above and the ranking updates live.
There is no window where every person is inside their working hours. Someone has to move. The slots below are ranked by how small and how evenly shared that compromise is.
| # | New York | Tokyo | Tradeoff | Fairness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6:30 PM Fri | 7:30 AM Sat | Evening for New York, early morning for Tokyo | Shared discomfort |
| 2 | 6:00 PM Fri | 7:00 AM Sat | Evening for New York, early morning for Tokyo | Shared discomfort |
| 3 | 7:00 PM Fri | 8:00 AM Sat | Evening for New York, early morning for Tokyo | Shared discomfort |
| 4 | 5:30 PM Fri | 6:30 AM Sat | Evening for New York, early morning for Tokyo | Shared discomfort |
| 5 | 7:30 PM Fri | 8:30 AM Sat | Evening for New York, early morning for Tokyo | Shared discomfort |
The full day, side by side
Each row is one person's Friday, in their own local time. Aligned vertically, so any column is the same moment everywhere.
Solid blocks are working hours; faded blocks are outside them. Colours follow the local time of day.
Daylight saving between New York and Tokyo
The gap is not fixed: it moves between 13 hours and 14 hours across the year, because New York observes daylight saving and Tokyo does not. A time that worked in March can be an hour off in April — the planner uses each city's IANA rules for the exact date you pick, so it stays correct through the switch.
Questions about New York ↔ Tokyo meetings
- What is the time difference between New York and Tokyo?
- On 31 July 2026 the gap is 13 hours, with Tokyo ahead of New York. Across the year it moves between 13 hours and 14 hours because of daylight saving.
- Do New York and Tokyo have overlapping working hours?
- No. With standard 9:00–17:00 hours on both sides there is no shared window, so one person has to take the call outside their normal day. The ranking on this page picks the option that costs the least and spreads it as evenly as possible.
- Does this account for daylight saving?
- The gap is not fixed: it moves between 13 hours and 14 hours across the year, because New York observes daylight saving and Tokyo does not. A time that worked in March can be an hour off in April — the planner uses each city's IANA rules for the exact date you pick, so it stays correct through the switch.
- Can I add more people or change the working hours?
- Yes. The planner on this page starts with New York and Tokyo on 9:00–17:00, and you can change either city's hours, pick a different date, or add up to eight participants. Nothing is sent to a server.
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