Current time in Kobe, Japan
Japan Standard Time
UTC+09:00- Time zone
- Japan Standard Time · Asia/Tokyo
- UTC offset now
- UTC+09:00
- Abbreviation
- JST
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC+9 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Hyogo, Japan · 34.69° N, 135.18° E
- Population
- 1,525,152
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Kobe at about 11:59 standard time: the clock runs about 1 min behind the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:43 and 12:14 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:03 | 18:10 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 04:46 | 19:15 | 14h 29m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 05:47 | 17:55 | 12h 08m |
| December solstice (Dec 22) | 07:02 | 16:52 | 9h 50m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 05:52–17:46 (11 h 55 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.