Current time in Kyoto, Japan
The current local time in Kyoto is shown below. Kyoto observes JST.
What's the daylight saving status?
Kyoto does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- Asia/Tokyo
- Standard abbreviation
- JST
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Kyoto?
Kyoto follows the national Japanese clock at UTC+9, like the rest of the country with no daylight saving. The longitude of around 135.77 degrees east places it slightly west of the meridian that defines Japan Standard Time (Akashi at 135.0 degrees east in nearby Hyogo prefecture is the reference). The result is a solar noon arriving around three minutes after clock noon, closer to true local time than Tokyo to the east. The single national offset removes any internal coordination concerns.
What are the working hours in Kyoto?
Kyoto's working economy combines a substantial tourism and hospitality sector (the city hosts close to 50 million annual visitors at peak), traditional crafts and textile production (Nishijin weaving, kimono, ceramics, lacquerware), and a small but distinctive technology sector around Nintendo's headquarters in Minami-ku. Office hours run 09:00 to 18:00, with the temple and shrine economy operating to traditional festival schedules. The Gion Matsuri throughout July, peaking on the 17th, is the city's largest annual cultural and business event, drawing significant domestic tourism.
Where is Kyoto?
Kyoto sits in a basin in central Honshu surrounded on three sides by mountains, around 45 kilometres north-east of Osaka and connected to the Tokyo-Osaka shinkansen line. The municipal population is around 1.4 million, smaller than Osaka or Yokohama but historically the imperial capital from 794 until the Meiji restoration of 1868. The city's grid plan, modelled on the Tang Chinese capital of Chang'an, still anchors the modern street layout. The Kamogawa river runs north-to-south through the eastern half of the centre.