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title: "Best Meeting Time: Tokyo & Sydney — Geo-Parity"
description: "Tokyo and Sydney share 480 minutes of standard working hours (09:00–17:00 Tokyo time). Time difference: 1h."
canonical: "https://geo-parity.com/meeting/tokyo-and-sydney/"
generator: geo-parity markdown twin
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Timezone Overlap · 1h apart

# Best meeting time between 🇯🇵 Tokyo and 🇦🇺 Sydney

With standard 09:00–18:00 days, both cities are simultaneously at work for 480 minutes.

## The golden window (2026-09-23)

- 🇯🇵 Tokyo: 09:00–17:00 local
- 🇦🇺 Sydney: 10:00–18:00 local
- UTC 00:00–08:00 · 480 minutes

[Open this pair in the interactive planner →](https://geo-parity.com/meeting-planner?z=Asia/Tokyo:540-1080,Australia/Sydney:540-1080) (live DST, custom hours, more cities)

## Quick facts

- Tokyo: UTC+9 (Asia/Tokyo)
- Sydney: UTC+10 (Australia/Sydney)
- Time difference: 1 hours (on 2026-09-23)

## Frequently asked questions

- **What is the time difference between Tokyo and Sydney?**: 1 hours (as of 2026-09-23; daylight saving can shift it by an hour part of the year).
- **What is the timezone friction score between Tokyo and Sydney?**: 100/100 (Effortless) — 8h 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 Tokyo and Sydney meet during working hours?**: With standard 09:00–18:00 working days, the shared window is 480 minutes: 09:00–17:00 in Tokyo and 10:00–18:00 in Sydney.
- **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.

Overlap computed for 2026-09-23; DST transitions can shift it. Agents: GET /api/meeting.json?zones=Asia/Tokyo,Australia/Sydney.

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Source: Geo-Parity — https://geo-parity.com/meeting/tokyo-and-sydney/