Japan
Time now in Hitachi Shi
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 05:00Sunset 06:21Time zone UTC +9
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
UTC offset
UTC +9
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
191,293
Sunrise
05:00
Sunset
06:21
Day length
13h 21m
Coordinates
36.62, 140.62
Time difference from Hitachi Shi
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Hitachi Shi right now.
Hitachi Shi on the map
About the time in Hitachi Shi
Sunrise today lands at 05:00 and sunset at 06:21 local time, giving 13h 21m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (36.62, 140.62) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Hitachi Shi.
Hitachi Shi runs on Asia/Tokyo, which puts the city UTC +9 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Clocks in Hitachi Shi stay put all year. There is no summer-time switch to remember, so UTC +9 is what you will get in January and in July alike — useful if you book recurring calls with people in Japan.
Frequently asked questions about time in Hitachi Shi
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Asia/Tokyo, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Hitachi Shi?
- Hitachi Shi is UTC +9 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What are normal business hours in Hitachi Shi in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Hitachi Shi runs from 00:00–08:00 UTC today.
- What time is it in Hitachi Shi right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Hitachi Shi, updating every second from Asia/Tokyo (UTC +9).
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