Timezone Overlap · 5h apart
Best meeting time between 🇦🇪 Dubai and 🇯🇵 Tokyo
With standard 09:00–18:00 days, both cities are simultaneously at work for 240 minutes.
The golden window (2026-08-08)
- 🇦🇪 Dubai: 09:00–13:00 local
- 🇯🇵 Tokyo: 14:00–18:00 local
- UTC 05:00–09:00 · 240 minutes
Open this pair in the interactive planner → (live DST, custom hours, more cities)
Quick facts
- Dubai: UTC+4 (Asia/Dubai)
- Tokyo: UTC+9 (Asia/Tokyo)
- Time difference: 5 hours (on 2026-08-08)
Frequently asked questions
- What is the time difference between Dubai and Tokyo?
- 5 hours (as of 2026-08-08; daylight saving can shift it by an hour part of the year).
- What is the timezone friction score between Dubai and Tokyo?
- 88/100 (Effortless) — 4h of shared working time per day. Higher scores mean easier synchronous collaboration; add the rest of your team in the interactive scorer for the full picture and the 'lone wolf' flag.
- When can teams in Dubai and Tokyo meet during working hours?
- With standard 09:00–18:00 working days, the shared window is 240 minutes: 09:00–13:00 in Dubai and 14:00–18:00 in Tokyo.
- Does this account for daylight saving time?
- Yes — offsets are computed from the IANA timezone database for the specific date. Use the interactive planner to check any future date.