Sunrise and sunset times in Japan
SunAndMoon covers 30 cities in Japan. Today in Nagoya, the largest, the sun rises at 05:47 and sets at 17:35 (11h 48m of daylight), in local time.
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| City | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagoya | 05:47 | 17:35 | 11h 48m |
| Kawasaki | 05:36 | 17:24 | 11h 48m |
| Kobe | 05:54 | 17:42 | 11h 48m |
| Saitama | 05:36 | 17:24 | 11h 48m |
| Hiroshima | 06:05 | 17:53 | 11h 48m |
| Sendai | 05:32 | 17:18 | 11h 46m |
| Chiba | 05:34 | 17:22 | 11h 48m |
| Kitakyushu | 06:11 | 18:00 | 11h 49m |
| Sakai | 05:53 | 17:41 | 11h 48m |
| Niigata | 05:39 | 17:26 | 11h 46m |
| Hamamatsu | 05:44 | 17:32 | 11h 48m |
| Ota | 05:36 | 17:24 | 11h 48m |
| Kumamoto | 06:11 | 18:01 | 11h 49m |
| Aihara | 05:38 | 17:25 | 11h 48m |
| Okayama | 05:59 | 17:47 | 11h 48m |
| Sagamihara | 05:38 | 17:26 | 11h 48m |
| Shizuoka | 05:41 | 17:29 | 11h 48m |
| Kawaguchi | 05:36 | 17:24 | 11h 48m |
| Kagoshima | 06:11 | 18:02 | 11h 50m |
| Hachioji | 05:38 | 17:25 | 11h 48m |
| Koto | 06:11 | 18:00 | 11h 49m |
| Himeji | 05:56 | 17:44 | 11h 48m |
| Utsunomiya | 05:36 | 17:23 | 11h 47m |
| Matsuyama | 06:03 | 17:52 | 11h 49m |
| Fukuoka | 06:13 | 18:02 | 11h 49m |
| Kyoto | 05:52 | 17:40 | 11h 48m |
| Osaka | 05:53 | 17:41 | 11h 48m |
| Sapporo | 05:32 | 17:14 | 11h 43m |
| Tokyo | 05:36 | 17:24 | 11h 48m |
| Yokohama | 05:36 | 17:24 | 11h 48m |
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 05:47 and sets at 17:35 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.