Sunrise and sunset times in Japan
SunAndMoon covers 30 cities in Japan. Today in Nagoya, the largest, the sun rises at 04:58 and sets at 18:58 (14h 0m of daylight), in local time.
Pick a city for its full local schedule: sunrise, sunset, solar noon, day length, golden hour, blue hour, dawn, dusk and moon times.
| City | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagoya | 04:58 | 18:58 | 14h 0m |
| Kawasaki | 04:46 | 18:48 | 14h 1m |
| Kobe | 05:06 | 19:04 | 13h 58m |
| Saitama | 04:46 | 18:49 | 14h 3m |
| Hiroshima | 05:18 | 19:14 | 13h 56m |
| Sendai | 04:35 | 18:49 | 14h 14m |
| Chiba | 04:45 | 18:46 | 14h 2m |
| Kitakyushu | 05:25 | 19:19 | 13h 54m |
| Sakai | 05:05 | 19:03 | 13h 57m |
| Niigata | 04:44 | 18:56 | 14h 12m |
| Hamamatsu | 04:56 | 18:54 | 13h 58m |
| Ota | 04:46 | 18:48 | 14h 1m |
| Kumamoto | 05:28 | 19:18 | 13h 50m |
| Aihara | 04:48 | 18:49 | 14h 2m |
| Okayama | 05:11 | 19:09 | 13h 57m |
| Sagamihara | 04:48 | 18:50 | 14h 1m |
| Shizuoka | 04:53 | 18:52 | 13h 59m |
| Kawaguchi | 04:46 | 18:48 | 14h 2m |
| Kagoshima | 05:31 | 19:16 | 13h 45m |
| Hachioji | 04:48 | 18:49 | 14h 2m |
| Koto | 05:28 | 19:18 | 13h 50m |
| Himeji | 05:08 | 19:06 | 13h 58m |
| Utsunomiya | 04:43 | 18:49 | 14h 6m |
| Matsuyama | 05:18 | 19:12 | 13h 54m |
| Fukuoka | 05:28 | 19:21 | 13h 53m |
| Kyoto | 05:03 | 19:02 | 13h 59m |
| Osaka | 05:05 | 19:03 | 13h 58m |
| Sapporo | 04:21 | 18:59 | 14h 38m |
| Tokyo | 04:46 | 18:48 | 14h 2m |
| Yokohama | 04:47 | 18:48 | 14h 1m |
Sun times across Japan
These are today's sunrise and sunset times for the 30 cities in Japanthat SunAndMoon covers, computed from each city's coordinates and shown in its own local time zone. Japan sits in Asia, using a single time zone, so the exact clock times move from place to place. Open a city for its full day, month-by-month tables and moon times.
Frequently asked questions about the sun in Japan
What time does the sun rise in Japan today?
In Nagoya, Japan's largest city, the sun rises at 04:58 and sets at 18:58 today, in local time. Times vary across the country by longitude and time zone; open a city below for its own schedule.
How many cities in Japan can I check?
SunAndMoon has a dedicated sunrise and sunset page for 30 cities in Japan, each with solar noon, day length, golden hour, blue hour, dawn, dusk and moon times.
Why do sunrise times differ across Japan?
Japan uses a single time zone (GMT+9), but the sun still reaches eastern cities before western ones, so sunrise and sunset times differ by longitude across the country.
Where are the longest and shortest days in Japan?
The further a city sits from the equator, the bigger its swing between the longest and shortest day. In Japan that swing is largest in Sapporo and smallest nearer the equator. Around the June solstice Nagoya gets 14h 32m of daylight, and around the December solstice 9h 47m.