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Time difference between Oslo and Tokyo

Tokyo is currently 7 hours ahead of Oslo. The best shared working window is 06:00–09:00 UTC — 3 hours a day. The table below shows the hours side by side.

Oslo
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Tokyo
Osloyour day
08:00–16:00 local
Tokyotheir day
09:00–18:00 local
Sharedboth at work
3h
06:00–09:00 UTC
08:00–11:00 in Oslo 15:00–18:00 in Tokyo
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09:08–09:53 Oslo 16:08–16:53 Tokyo
Working hours

National conventions are the default and the public figure. Change them here for your own answer — the chart, the window and the calendar file all follow.

Oslo 08:00 – 16:00 8 h
Tokyo 09:00 – 18:00 9 h
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tight, Workable if the role is mostly async, protect the overlap for what matters. Best window 06:00–09:00 UTC.
The two days, hour by hour One column an hour, both cities on the same instant. Where the two teal runs line up is when you can both be at work.
Oslo
Tokyo

09:00 Oslo At work = 16:00 Tokyo At work

Asleep Awake At work Both at work 3 h · 08:00–11:00 Oslo · 15:00–18:00 Tokyo

Tap any hour to read it in both cities.

The difference changes twice a year

Oslo and Tokyo do not change their clocks on the same dates, so a standing meeting moves by an hour in these weeks.

  • 25 October – 27 March +8 h
  • usually +7 h

Days when one side is not at work

A public holiday is not a time-zone fact, so no converter shows it — but it is the same question.

  • 21 September — 敬老の日 Tokyo off
  • 22 September — 国民の休日 Tokyo off
  • 23 September — 秋分の日 Tokyo off
  • 12 October — スポーツの日 Tokyo off
  • 3 November — 文化の日 Tokyo off
  • 23 November — 勤労感謝の日 Tokyo off
Hour by hour
OsloTokyo
00:00 07:00
01:00 08:00
02:00 09:00
03:00 10:00
04:00 11:00
05:00 12:00
06:00 13:00
07:00 14:00
08:00 15:00 both at work
09:00 16:00 both at work
10:00 17:00 both at work
11:00 18:00
12:00 19:00
13:00 20:00
14:00 21:00
15:00 22:00
16:00 23:00
17:00 00:00
18:00 01:00
19:00 02:00
20:00 03:00
21:00 04:00
22:00 05:00
23:00 06:00

The difference adjusts automatically for daylight saving in both Oslo and Tokyo.

The working week

Oslo
08:00 to 16:00, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
Norwegian offices typically start and finish an hour earlier than central Europe.
Tokyo
09:00 to 18:00, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
Nine to six is the conventional office day, and overtime is common on top of it.

Sources and last check

Times, offsets and sun positions on this page are computed live from the IANA timezone database and the NOAA solar algorithm, so they do not depend on the review dates below.

Working hours and weekend days for 55 countries
Source: Published national labour conventions and government working-hours guidance. Last checked, reviewed every 12 months.
Not covered:A national convention, not any given employer. Countries not listed fall back to a nine-to-five, Monday to Friday default, and pages say so rather than implying we checked.

FAQ

How many hours between Oslo and Tokyo?

Tokyo is 7 hours ahead of Oslo (+7 hours).

When is the best time for a meeting?

Around 06:00–09:00 UTC, when both working days overlap — Oslo works 08:00–16:00 and Tokyo works 09:00–18:00, each in their own local time.

Reverse
Tokyo – Oslo