Japan
Time now in Kure-shi
Sunrise 05:34Sunset 06:51Time zone UTC +9
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
UTC offset
UTC +9
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
238,046
Sunrise
05:34
Sunset
06:51
Day length
13h 17m
Coordinates
34.22, 132.63
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About the time in Kure-shi
The zone identifier Asia/Tokyo is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Asia/Tokyo keeps pointing at Tokyo time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Kure-shi sits at latitude 34.22, in the mid-latitude band, so day length here swings noticeably between midwinter and midsummer — today's 13h 17m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Kure-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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Kure-shi
- When do the sun rise and set in Kure-shi today?
- Sunrise is at 05:34 and sunset at 06:51, giving 13h 17m of daylight.
- What are normal business hours in Kure-shi in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Kure-shi runs from 00:00–08:00 UTC today.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Kure-shi?
- Kure-shi is UTC +9 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Kure-shi right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Kure-shi, updating every second from Asia/Tokyo (UTC +9).
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