Current time in Sendai, 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
- Miyagi, Japan · 38.27° N, 140.87° E
- Population
- 1,096,704
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Sendai at about 11:37 standard time: the clock runs about 23 min behind the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:20 and 11:51 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 05:40 | 17:47 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 04:13 | 19:03 | 14h 50m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 05:24 | 17:32 | 12h 08m |
| December solstice (Dec 22) | 06:49 | 16:19 | 9h 30m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 05:30–17:23 (11 h 53 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.