Current Time in Kyoto, Japan 🇯🇵
Lat/Long: 35.02° N, 135.75° E
Prefecture: Kyoto
Country: 🇯🇵 Japan
IANA Timezone: Asia/Tokyo
Timezone: JST
Daylight Saving Time: No ❌
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in Japan: JST
Time now in other cities in Japan:
Weather forecast for Kyoto provided by Weather.now
Sunrise & Sunset Times for Kyoto
Sunrise
in Kyoto
↑
4:47 AM
Sunset
in Kyoto
↓
7:14 PM
Day Length
14h 27m
Dawn
in Kyoto
4:17 AM
Dusk
in Kyoto
7:44 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Kyoto
Current Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
90.4%
Next Moonrise
↑
Today, 21:30
Next Moonset
↓
Tomorrow, 08:24
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FAQ — Time in Kyoto
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 15:07:55 in Kyoto, Japan. The clock at the top of this page updates live, second by second, synchronized with our server time. You can also check sunrise and sunset times for the same city.
Kyoto uses Asia/Tokyo (JST) — UTC+09:00. The IANA time zone identifier is Asia/Tokyo, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
No, Kyoto does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at Asia/Tokyo (JST) — UTC+09:00 year-round.
Kyoto is currently +09:00 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is the global time standard from which all other time zones are offset. To see the matching Unix timestamp or run add/subtract calculations against Kyoto's local time, use our time calculator.
Japan has chosen not to observe Daylight Saving Time. Many countries near the equator have little reason to shift clocks because daylight hours stay relatively constant year-round; others have abolished DST for policy reasons.