Tokyo for remote workers: time-zone overlap, weather by month, prices

US Eastern team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 23:00–07:00 here

US Pacific team 0–1 h shared 9–5 · their day is 02:00–10:00 (next day) here

UK team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 18:00–02:00 here

Central Europe team 0–1 h shared 9–5 · their day is 17:00–01:00 here

Price level 69 Moderate: household prices Japan-wide vs US = 100 (2025)

Comfortable months 5 / 12 April–June, October–November

Your team's working day, on Tokyo's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Tokyo; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 23:00–07:00

0 h

US Pacific 02:00–10:00 (next day)

1 h

UK 18:00–02:00

0 h

Central Europe 17:00–01:00

0 h

Another zone

Japan does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

Month	US Eastern	US Pacific	UK	Central Europe
Jan	0 h awake 0 h	1 h awake 3 h	0 h awake 4 h	0 h awake 5 h
Feb	0 h awake 0 h	1 h awake 3 h	0 h awake 4 h	0 h awake 5 h
Mar	0 h awake 0 h	0–1 h awake 2–3 h	0 h awake 4–5 h	0–1 h awake 5–6 h
Apr	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 5 h	1 h awake 6 h
May	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 5 h	1 h awake 6 h
Jun	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 5 h	1 h awake 6 h
Jul	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 5 h	1 h awake 6 h
Aug	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 5 h	1 h awake 6 h
Sep	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 5 h	1 h awake 6 h
Oct	0 h awake 0 h	0 h awake 2 h	0 h awake 4–5 h	0–1 h awake 5–6 h
Nov	0 h awake 0 h	1 h awake 3 h	0 h awake 4 h	0 h awake 5 h
Dec	0 h awake 0 h	1 h awake 3 h	0 h awake 4 h	0 h awake 5 h

Month	High	Low	Rain	Dew point	Daylight	Score
Jan	10°C	1°C	51 mm	-4°C dry	9.8 h	1.2
Feb	11°C	2°C	56 mm	-3°C dry	10.7 h	2.1
Mar	14°C	5°C	100 mm	1°C dry	11.7 h	4.5
Apr	20°C	10°C	115 mm	7°C dry	12.9 h	8.7
May	24°C	14°C	140 mm	12°C comfortable	13.9 h	8.7
Jun	26°C	19°C	174 mm	17°C sticky	14.4 h	7.6
Jul	30°C	23°C	167 mm	21°C oppressive	14.2 h	4.1
Aug	31°C	24°C	153 mm	22°C oppressive	13.4 h	2.7
Sep	28°C	20°C	196 mm	19°C muggy	12.2 h	6.3
Oct	22°C	14°C	218 mm	13°C comfortable	11.1 h	7.4
Nov	17°C	8°C	80 mm	6°C dry	10.1 h	7.6
Dec	12°C	3°C	57 mm	0°C dry	9.6 h	3.4

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Population: 14,264,798 (2022)
Elevation: 6 m
Airports: Tokyo International Airport (HND), 18 km
Narita International Airport (NRT), 67 km
Time zone: Asia/Tokyo
Visas: Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Japan's official government or embassy website.
Read more: Tokyo on Wikipedia

US: Level 1 Exercise Normal Precautions. State Department

UK FCDO No FCDO advice against travel. Updated 2026-10-07. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

Within an hour of Tokyo's clock today, most comfortable months first.