San Francisco to Tokyo meeting time — find the best time to meet across PT & JST.
San Francisco–Tokyo is the Pacific Rim's hardest high-volume pairing: sixteen to seventeen hours apart, the Bay Area's workday ends just as Tokyo's begins. Gaming, SaaS, and hardware teams on this route run a disciplined afternoon-for-morning bridge and lean on written updates for everything else.
Plan across US time zones
New York, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles — keep only the ones you need
Type a name in any row to label a participant — it shows in the share link & export summaries.
Meeting time (your home zone) — shaded bars show each participant's work hours
Hour by hour
San Francisco → Tokyo: workday conversion at a glance.
Times below follow current daylight-saving rules and are refreshed every deploy. The live planner above recalculates for any date you pick.
| San Francisco (PT) | Tokyo (JST) | Both working? |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | 1:00 AM+1d | — |
| 9:00 AM | 2:00 AM+1d | — |
| 10:00 AM | 3:00 AM+1d | — |
| 11:00 AM | 4:00 AM+1d | — |
| 12:00 PM | 5:00 AM+1d | — |
| 1:00 PM | 6:00 AM+1d | — |
| 2:00 PM | 7:00 AM+1d | — |
| 3:00 PM | 8:00 AM+1d | — |
| 4:00 PM | 9:00 AM+1d | Yes — golden hours |
| 5:00 PM | 10:00 AM+1d | — |
| 6:00 PM | 11:00 AM+1d | — |
Scheduling tips for San Francisco ↔ Tokyo
- The realistic shared slot is 4:00–5:30 PM PT — 9:00–10:30 AM JST the next day in winter, 8:00–9:30 AM in summer.
- Japan never shifts clocks; the gap moves only when the US enters or leaves daylight saving — move standing invites then.
- Keep cross-region calls to 30 minutes and fix the slot permanently: Tokyo mornings deserve a predictable, sacred window.
Plan it live — free, no sign-up
The interactive planner above is the full meeting planner for time zones loaded with just these two cities. Drag either row's handles to match real schedules, drag the cyan meeting line to test any exact moment, then export a calendar invite or shareable link. Need a third city, or a completely different pairing? Open theinternational meeting planner or browse all routes on the meeting time converter.
San Francisco – Tokyo FAQ
What time is 9 AM PST in Tokyo?
9:00 AM PST is 2:00 AM JST the next day in winter; 9:00 AM PDT is 1:00 AM JST the next day in summer. The West Coast–Tokyo gap ranges from 16 to 17 hours.
Can San Francisco and Tokyo teams ever meet comfortably?
In winter, standard schedules give about an hour of overlap around 4:00 PM PT / 9:00 AM JST next day; in summer there is none. Treat any shared slot as precious: short syncs there, async updates everywhere else.
How do teams handle the narrow SF–Tokyo window?
Common patterns: a fixed afternoon standup in SF that opens Tokyo's day, rotating late-night deep dives, and heavy written documentation so most collaboration happens asynchronously.
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