Meeting time
Best time to meet: Tokyo and Cairo
Tokyo is 7 hours ahead of Cairo right now. Their working days overlap for 1 hour: 4 PM to 5 PM in Tokyo, which is 9 AM to 10 AM in Cairo. The easiest time to meet is 4 PM in Tokyo (9 AM in Cairo).
Hour by hour
With the clocks as they are on November 11, 2026, Tokyo time on the left. A working day here is 9 AM to 5 PM.
| Tokyo | Cairo | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 AM | 11 PM day before | Both off |
| 7 AM | 12 AM | Both off |
| 8 AM | 1 AM | Both off |
| 9 AM | 2 AM | Tokyo at work |
| 10 AM | 3 AM | Tokyo at work |
| 11 AM | 4 AM | Tokyo at work |
| 12 PM | 5 AM | Tokyo at work |
| 1 PM | 6 AM | Tokyo at work |
| 2 PM | 7 AM | Tokyo at work |
| 3 PM | 8 AM | Tokyo at work |
| 4 PM | 9 AM | Easiest time |
| 5 PM | 10 AM | Cairo at work |
| 6 PM | 11 AM | Cairo at work |
| 7 PM | 12 PM | Cairo at work |
| 8 PM | 1 PM | Cairo at work |
| 9 PM | 2 PM | Cairo at work |
| 10 PM | 3 PM | Cairo at work |
When the clocks change
The gap moves when either city changes its clocks. The next twelve months:
| Dates | Tokyo is | Both at work (Tokyo time) | Easiest (Tokyo / Cairo) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now to April 30, 2027 | 7 hours ahead | 4 PM–5 PM (1 hour) | 4 PM / 9 AM |
| April 30, 2027 to October 28, 2027 clocks in Cairo go forward | 6 hours ahead | 3 PM–5 PM (2 hours) | 4 PM / 10 AM |
| October 28, 2027 onward clocks in Cairo go back | 7 hours ahead | 4 PM–5 PM (1 hour) | 4 PM / 9 AM |
Which days work
Cairo works Sunday to Thursday and Tokyo works Monday to Friday, so the days both are at work are Monday to Thursday. A Friday call lands on Cairo's weekend, and a Sunday one on Tokyo's.
Questions people ask
2 AM in Cairo, while Tokyo is 7 hours ahead.
4 PM in Tokyo, which is 9 AM in Cairo. Both cities are at work from 4 PM to 5 PM Tokyo time.
Yes — it changes 2 times in the next twelve months, when the clocks go forward or back; the dates are in the table above.
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