Time difference between Sacramento and Tokyo
Tokyo is 16 hours ahead of Sacramento.
Local time in both cities
Sacramento · United States
16:36
Tokyo · Japan
08:36
Tokyo is 16 hours ahead of Sacramento.
already the next day
Time zones
| Sacramento | America/Los_Angeles · UTC-07:00 |
|---|---|
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00 |
Sacramento is currently on daylight saving time (UTC-07:00). Next change: 2026-11-01 01:00.
Tokyo does not observe daylight saving and stays on UTC+09:00 all year.
Hour-by-hour conversion
Calculated for 2026-09-20 local time in Sacramento. The two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, so another day can give a different result.
| Sacramento (source) | Tokyo (target) |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 16:00 |
| 01:00 | 17:00 |
| 02:00 | 18:00 |
| 03:00 | 19:00 |
| 04:00 | 20:00 |
| 05:00 | 21:00 |
| 06:00 | 22:00 |
| 07:00 | 23:00 |
| 08:00 | 00:00 next day |
| 09:00 | 01:00 next day |
| 10:00 | 02:00 next day |
| 11:00 | 03:00 next day |
| 12:00 | 04:00 next day |
| 13:00 | 05:00 next day |
| 14:00 | 06:00 next day |
| 15:00 | 07:00 next day |
| 16:00 | 08:00 next day |
| 17:00 | 09:00 next day |
| 18:00 | 10:00 next day |
| 19:00 | 11:00 next day |
| 20:00 | 12:00 next day |
| 21:00 | 13:00 next day |
| 22:00 | 14:00 next day |
| 23:00 | 15:00 next day |
Other common differences from Sacramento
FAQ
- How many hours apart are Sacramento and Tokyo right now?
- The answer at the top of the page is calculated for the current moment and states which side is ahead. The gap changes during the year, because the two places usually start and end daylight saving on different dates.
- Is this difference the same all year?
- Not necessarily. Sacramento uses America/Los_Angeles and Tokyo uses Asia/Tokyo; if either observes daylight saving, the gap shifts during the year. Use “Convert a specific date and time” below to calculate it for a given day.
- How do I read the conversion table?
- The left column lists each whole hour in Sacramento; the right column is the local time in Tokyo at that same instant, with date rollovers marked. On the day clocks jump forward, some hours do not exist locally — the table says so instead of showing a plausible but wrong value.