Time difference: Bern vs Tokyo

Quick answer

Tokyo is 7 hours ahead of Bern.

Bern is in the CEST time zone (UTC+02:00) while Tokyo uses JST (UTC+09:00).

The offset between these two cities changes during the year because they do not share the same daylight saving schedule.

Bern
17:22:22
CEST UTC+02:00
+7h
Tokyo is 7 hours ahead of Bern.
Time offset changes during the year due to different DST schedules.
Tokyo
00:22:22
JST UTC+09:00

Tokyo is 7 hours ahead of Bern.

Bern is in the CEST time zone (UTC+02:00) while Tokyo uses JST (UTC+09:00).

Because Bern and Tokyo do not share the same daylight saving schedule, the time difference between them changes during the year.

Hour-by-hour conversion

When it's the given hour in Bern, here are the local times elsewhere.

Bern Tokyo
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
09:00 16:00
10:00 17:00
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 +1
18:00 01:00 +1
19:00 02:00 +1
20:00 03:00 +1
21:00 04:00 +1
22:00 05:00 +1
23:00 06:00 +1

Frequently Asked Questions

Tokyo is 7 hours ahead of Bern.

A good window is 09:00–10:00 in Bern, which is 16:00–17:00 in Tokyo. Both sides are inside 9:00–17:00 working hours.

Tokyo is 7 hours ahead of Bern.

Bern and Tokyo do not share the same DST schedule, so the time offset between them changes by an hour during parts of the year.

Bern uses Europe/Zurich and Tokyo uses Asia/Tokyo. These are the identifiers used by operating systems and APIs to compute local time.

A good reverse window is 16:00–17:00 in Tokyo, which is 09:00–10:00 in Bern. Both sides are inside 9:00–17:00 working hours.