Tokyo to São Paulo
São Paulo is 12 hours behind of Tokyo.
Tokyo
Japan
Day
Difference
São Paulo
Brazil
Day
Hour-by-hour conversion
Every hour of the day in Tokyo with its equivalent in São Paulo. Green rows fall inside business hours for both.
About the Tokyo-São Paulo gap
Tokyo sits in the Asia/Tokyo time zone (UTC+9), while São Paulo uses America/Sao_Paulo (UTC−3). That puts São Paulo 12 hours behind of Tokyo right now.
Standard working hours in these two cities do not overlap at all, so any live meeting requires someone to move outside 09:00-17:00. The table above marks the hours when both parties are at least likely to be awake.
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See also current time in Tokyo and current time in São Paulo.
Tokyo and São Paulo, questions
- What is the time difference between Tokyo and São Paulo?
- São Paulo is 12 hours behind of Tokyo. Tokyo is currently on UTC+9 and São Paulo on UTC−3.
- What is the best time to call São Paulo from Tokyo?
- There is no overlap between standard 09:00-17:00 working hours in these two cities. The most workable compromise is usually early morning in Tokyo or late evening, see the hour-by-hour table above for the times when both parties are at least awake.
- Is the difference between Tokyo and São Paulo always the same?
- The gap is mostly stable, but if both cities observe daylight saving they may not switch on the same date, there are usually a few weeks each spring and autumn when the difference shifts by an hour.