Meeting time

Best time to meet: Tokyo and Shanghai

Tokyo is 1 hour ahead of Shanghai right now. Their working days overlap for 7 hours: 10 AM to 5 PM in Tokyo, which is 9 AM to 4 PM in Shanghai. The easiest time to meet is 11 AM in Tokyo (10 AM in Shanghai).

Wed 12:56 AMTokyo · Japan Standard TimeTue 11:56 PMShanghai · China Standard Time
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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.

TokyoShanghai
6 AM5 AMBoth off
7 AM6 AMBoth off
8 AM7 AMBoth off
9 AM8 AMTokyo at work
10 AM9 AMBoth at work
11 AM10 AMEasiest time
12 PM11 AMBoth at work
1 PM12 PMBoth at work
2 PM1 PMBoth at work
3 PM2 PMBoth at work
4 PM3 PMBoth at work
5 PM4 PMShanghai at work
6 PM5 PMBoth off
7 PM6 PMBoth off
8 PM7 PMBoth off
9 PM8 PMBoth off
10 PM9 PMBoth off

All year

The gap between Tokyo and Shanghai does not move during the year, so the table above holds all year.

Shanghai keeps the same clock as Singapore.

Questions people ask

What time is it in Shanghai when it is 9 AM in Tokyo?
8 AM in Shanghai, while Tokyo is 1 hour ahead.
When is the best time for a call between Tokyo and Shanghai?
11 AM in Tokyo, which is 10 AM in Shanghai. Both cities are at work from 10 AM to 5 PM Tokyo time.
Does the time difference between Tokyo and Shanghai change during the year?
No. It stays 1 hour all year: the clocks either do not change or change on the same day in both.

More cities

New York and TokyoNo shared working hours · fairest at 5:30 PM New York timeLondon and TokyoNo shared working hours · fairest at 8 AM London timeSan Francisco and Tokyo1 hour of shared working day · meet at 4 PM San Francisco timeBangalore and Tokyo4 hours 30 minutes of shared working day · meet at 10 AM Bangalore timeSingapore and Tokyo7 hours of shared working day · meet at 10 AM Singapore timeLos Angeles and Tokyo1 hour of shared working day · meet at 4 PM Los Angeles timeNew York and ShanghaiNo shared working hours · fairest at 6 PM New York timeLondon and ShanghaiNo shared working hours · fairest at 8:30 AM London timeSydney and Tokyo6 hours of shared working day · meet at 1:30 PM Sydney timeTokyo and BerlinNo shared working hours · fairest at 4:30 PM Tokyo timeTokyo and ChicagoNo shared working hours · fairest at 8 AM Tokyo timeTokyo and Dubai3 hours of shared working day · meet at 3 PM Tokyo time

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