Japan to Melbourne: time difference
Melbourne is 2 h ahead of Japan. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Australia
39
- Australian Eastern Daylight Time
- UTC+11
- Daytime
☀️ 06:44 · 🌙 19:32 · 12 h 49 min
+2 h
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
Drag along the band to read any hour in every place at once.
Japan 11:25 11:25 AM Melbourne 13:25 1:25 PM You –:–
11:25 11:25 AM
Japan Standard Time · UTC+9
☀️ 05:43 · 🌙 17:14
13:25 1:25 PM
Australian Eastern Daylight Time · UTC+11
☀️ 06:44 · 🌙 19:32
·
+2 h
Melbourne is 2 h ahead of Japan.
When you, Japan and Melbourne are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇯🇵 Japan
0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM
🇦🇺 Melbourne
2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM 0 12 AM 1 1 AM
📍 Your time
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇯🇵 Japan | 🇦🇺 Melbourne |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 11:25 | 13:25 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 10, 2026 | Saturday, October 10, 2026 |
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time | Australian Eastern Daylight Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+9 | UTC+11 |
| Offset from Japan | — | +2 h |
| IANA zone | Asia/Tokyo | Australia/Melbourne |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On summer time → UTC+10, Apr 4, 02:00 |
| Sunrise | 05:43 | 06:44 |
| Sunset | 17:14 | 19:32 |
| Daylight | 11 h 31 min | 12 h 49 min |
| People on this clock | 125,440,000 | 5,031,195 |
Compare Japan with another city
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Japan and Melbourne: common questions
How many hours ahead of Japan is Melbourne?
The clocks in Melbourne are 2 hours ahead of those in Japan (UTC+11 and UTC+9).
If it is 9:00 AM in Japan, what time is it in Melbourne?
At 9:00 AM in Japan, clocks in Melbourne show 11:00 AM.
What time is it in Melbourne at the end of the working day in Japan?
The working day in Japan ends at 6:00 PM; in Melbourne it is 8:00 PM at that moment.
Is there a time when both Japan and Melbourne are at work?
Yes: from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in Japan (11:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Melbourne), the working days (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap.
From what time in Japan is it tomorrow in Melbourne?
Once it is 10:00 PM in Japan, the date in Melbourne has already changed. Until 2:00 AM in Melbourne, it is still the previous day in Japan.
Does the time gap between Japan and Melbourne change during the year?
Yes – daylight saving time is used in Melbourne but not in Japan. From April 4, 2027, Melbourne will be 1 hour ahead of Japan.
