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Time difference
Tokyo and Vancouver

Live clocks (JST ↔ PST), the current gap, month-by-month offset changes, and a full 24-hour map from Tokyo to Vancouver.

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Live gap

See the current offset between Tokyo and Vancouver, with IANA-backed clocks updating every second.

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Year-round chart

DST can shift the gap by an hour twice a year—the 2026 month table shows every change.

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Hour-by-hour

Scroll the 24-hour table to map any civil hour in Tokyo into Vancouver with day-shift cues.

Time difference workspace

How Tokyo and Vancouver line up today.

2 cities · live offsetGap shifts yearly
City pair

Tokyo Vancouver

Vancouver is 16h behind Tokyo at this moment. Compare live clocks, seasonal DST shifts, and hour-by-hour conversions below.

Live offsetIANA zones · updates automatically
Tokyo
Asia/Tokyo
ZoneJST
Offset nowUTC+9
Hour gap
−16h

VancouverTokyo

Vancouver
America/Vancouver
ZonePST / PDT
Offset nowUTC-7
About this pairUseful when planning calls or docs

Time difference between Tokyo and Vancouver: Vancouver is currently 17 hours behind Tokyo.

This difference is not constant: in winter Tokyo is 17 hours ahead of Vancouver, while in summer (when one or both observe DST) the gap shifts to 16 hours ahead of. The monthly table below shows the exact offset gap month by month. For practical scheduling, jump to the best-time-to-meet page or the 24-hour conversion table below.

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Live clocks workspace

Clocks side by side.

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Right nowAsia/Tokyo · America/Vancouver
Tokyo
Asia/Tokyo
Live time
--:--
OffsetUTC+9
AbbreviationJST
No DST
Vancouver
America/Vancouver
Live time
--:--
OffsetUTC-7
AbbreviationPST / PDT
Observes DST
Relationship

Vancouver is 16h behind Tokyo.

DST rules can widen or shrink this gap for a few weeks each spring and autumn—the month table below shows how many hours Vancouver sits ahead of or behind Tokyo through the calendar year.

Next stepsPlan overlap or convert zones
Best time to meet →JST → PST →Overlap Finder →
Year-round

Offset changes by month

Sampled mid-month for 2026. Compares Vancouver versus Tokyo; a value of +3h means Vancouver is three hours ahead of Tokyo.

2026 calendar

Month-by-month gap

MonthDifference (Vancouver vs Tokyo)
January-17h
February-17h
March-16h
April-16h
May-16h
June-16h
July-16h
August-16h
September-16h
October-16h
November-17h
December-17h
Hour by hour

24-hour conversion table

Every civil hour in Tokyo mapped into Vancouver; day-shift cues follow active DST for both zones today.

TokyoVancouver

Hourly wall-clock map for today — midnight crossings show as day shifts.

Tokyo with part-of-day icon
Vancouver arrow and converted time
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Currently, Vancouver is 16h behind Tokyo. This may change through the year if either city observes Daylight Saving Time.