Paris and Tokyo working-hours overlap
On Monday, 28 September 2026, Paris is 7 hours behind Tokyo — UTC+02:00 against UTC+09:00. Their working hours overlap for 1 hour that day, between 07:00–08:00 UTC — 09:00–10:00 in Paris and 16:00–17:00 in Tokyo. Paris changes clocks on Sunday, 25 October 2026, and the gap between them goes from 7 hours to 8 hours. Tokyo does not change clocks at all.
Every figure on this page describes Monday, 28 September 2026 — a fixed day, not the day you are reading it. Working hours are 09:00–17:00 local time for both cities; change either, or pick another date, in the overlap calculator.
Shared working hours
Everyone is at work between 07:00–08:00 UTC — 1 hour.
| City | Local time | Offset |
|---|---|---|
| Paris | 09:00–10:00 | UTC+02:00 |
| Tokyo | 16:00–17:00 | UTC+09:00 |
Each city's working day
| City | Local hours | In UTC | Offset | Next clock change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris | 09:00–17:00 | 07:00–15:00 UTC | UTC+02:00 | UTC+02:00 → UTC+01:00, 25 Oct 2026 |
| Tokyo | 09:00–17:00 | 00:00–08:00 UTC | UTC+09:00 | No daylight saving |
How the shared window moves through the year
Paris changes clocks on Sunday, 25 October 2026, and Tokyo never does, so the gap between them moves only when Paris's clocks do. Each row is the same pair of working days, sampled once a month, so the window's size and position follow the clock changes described above.
| Month | Shared window | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10 | 07:00–08:00 UTC | 1 hour |
| 2026-11 | No shared hours | — |
| 2026-12 | No shared hours | — |
| 2027-01 | No shared hours | — |
| 2027-02 | No shared hours | — |
| 2027-03 | No shared hours | — |
| 2027-04 | 07:00–08:00 UTC | 1 hour |
| 2027-05 | 07:00–08:00 UTC | 1 hour |
| 2027-06 | 07:00–08:00 UTC | 1 hour |
| 2027-07 | 07:00–08:00 UTC | 1 hour |
| 2027-08 | 07:00–08:00 UTC | 1 hour |
| 2027-09 | 07:00–08:00 UTC | 1 hour |
Questions
- What time can Paris and Tokyo meet?
- 07:00–08:00 UTC on Monday, 28 September 2026 — 1 hour. In Paris that is 09:00–10:00, and in Tokyo it is 16:00–17:00.
- How far apart are Paris and Tokyo?
- On Monday, 28 September 2026, Paris is 7 hours behind Tokyo — UTC+02:00 against UTC+09:00. Paris changes clocks on Sunday, 25 October 2026, and the gap between them goes from 7 hours to 8 hours. Tokyo does not change clocks at all.
- Does the overlap between Paris and Tokyo change through the year?
- The shared window is 07:00–08:00 UTC in the 7 of the twelve months from Monday, 28 September 2026 that have one; 5 have no shared window at all.
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Or read how overlap is calculated and the other questions people ask about scheduling across time zones.