What time zone is Hokkaido in?

Hokkaido uses the Asia/Tokyo time zone: UTC +09:00.

Does Hokkaido observe daylight saving time?

No. Hokkaido keeps the same clock all year, so its time difference with places that do change (in Japan or abroad) shifts by an hour twice a year.

Time in Hokkaido, Japan 🇯🇵

The current local time in Hokkaido, Japan is anchored on Sapporo. The prefecture uses the Asia/Tokyo time zone (UTC +09:00).

Hokkaido local time

00:39:26

Friday, 23 October 2026 GMT+9

Prefecture information

Hokkaido

Prefecture of Japan

Population: 5,224,614

Time zone

IANA: Asia/Tokyo

UTC offset: +09:00

Daylight saving: Not observed

Country: Japan

Hokkaido vs. major cities

How far Hokkaido is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Hokkaido, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.

City	Difference	At 09:00 in Hokkaido	Shared office hours
New York · United States	−13 h	20:00 (prev. day)	None
Los Angeles · United States	−16 h	17:00 (prev. day)	None
São Paulo · Brazil	−12 h	21:00 (prev. day)	None
London · United Kingdom	−8 h	01:00	None
Paris · France	−7 h	02:00	16:00–17:00
Johannesburg · South Africa	−7 h	02:00	16:00–17:00
Dubai · United Arab Emirates	−5 h	04:00	14:00–17:00
Delhi · India	−3:30 h	05:30	12:30–17:00
Singapore · Singapore	−1 h	08:00	10:00–17:00
Beijing · China	−1 h	08:00	10:00–17:00

Shared office hours are shown in Hokkaido time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.

Clock changes in Hokkaido

Hokkaido has kept the same UTC +09:00 offset without daylight saving time since at least 1970.

No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Hokkaido stays on UTC +09:00 all year.

Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.

Other cities in the same time zone

Tokyo