Current Local Time in Sendai
Japan Asia/Tokyo JST UTC+9 No clock change
20:30:00
Sunday, August 2, 2026
Nighttime UTC+9 (+09:00)
Static values shown for ; your browser updates them to the current second.
UTC offset now
UTC+9
Same on every date
Abbreviation
JST
No seasonal variant
Daylight saving
No clock change
Sendai never changes its clocks
IANA time zone
Asia/Tokyo
Japan · Asia
Sendai time zone
Sendai keeps a single offset all year. Local clocks run UTC+9, written JST, and there is no seasonal adjustment — so the only reason your difference with Sendai would change is a clock change where you are.
- IANA time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
- Offset in standard time
- UTC+9 (JST)
- Daylight saving time
- Not observed — no clock change
- Most recent clock change
- None on record in recent years
- Next clock change
- None scheduled — clocks stay as they are
- When it is 12:00 UTC
- 21:00 in January · 21:00 in July
Clock changes in Sendai, 2026–2028
Full record for Sendai → ten years back and ten forward, with each year's DST window.
No clock change. Sendai stays on UTC+9 (JST) through 2028 under the rules currently published in the IANA time zone database. Governments do sometimes change these rules, so this page is regenerated from the latest database on every build.
Sun and moon in Sendai
Computed for 38.2682°, 140.8694° on August 2, 2026.
Sunrise
04:39
Sunset
18:46
Day length
14h 06m
−1m 51s vs yesterday
Solar noon
11:42
Sun at its highest
| Phase | Morning | Evening | Sun's altitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomical twilight | 02:55 | 20:29 | −18° to −12° |
| Nautical twilight | 03:34 | 19:51 | −12° to −6° |
| Civil twilight | 04:10 | 19:15 | −6° to −0.833° |
| Sunrise / sunset | 04:39 | 18:46 | −0.833° (upper limb at the horizon) |
Across 2026, daylight in Sendai runs from about 9h 30m at the shortest day to 14h 50m at the longest.
Moon
Waning gibbous
80% illuminated · 19.1 days into the cycle · waning
- Moonrise
- 20:31
- Moonset
- 07:58
- Next full moon
- Aug 28, 13:19
- Next new moon
- Aug 13, 02:38
Sun and moon figures are computed locally from standard astronomical series (NOAA solar equations and Meeus' lunar terms) — accurate to about a minute at mid latitudes, and less near the poles where the sun crosses the horizon at a shallow angle.
Weather in Sendai
Loading current weather for Sendai.
Current weather for Sendai is unavailable right now. Everything else on this page — local time, time zone rules, sunrise and sunset — is computed locally and unaffected.
—
Feels like
- Today's high / low
- —
- Humidity
- —
- Wind
- —
- Tomorrow
- —
Measured · source Open-Meteo · cached for 30 minutes
Time difference between Sendai and other cities
Differences are computed from each city's own zone rules, so pairs whose clocks change on different dates show more than one value across the year.
| City | Local time | Difference | Across the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York United States | 07:30 | −13h | Varies: −13h / −14h |
| Sao Paulo Brazil | 08:30 | −12h | Fixed all year |
| London United Kingdom | 12:30 | −8h | Varies: −8h / −9h |
| Tel Aviv Israel | 14:30 | −6h | Varies: −6h / −7h |
| Cairo Egypt | 14:30 | −6h | Varies: −6h / −7h |
| Mumbai India | 17:00 | −3:30h | Fixed all year |
| Sydney Australia | 21:30 | +1h | Varies: +2h / +1h |
| Los Angeles United States | 04:30 | −16h | Varies: −16h / −17h |
Sendai at a glance
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Asia
- Coordinates
- 38.2682° N, 140.8694° E
- IANA time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
- Currency
- JPY
- Language
- Japanese
- Usual clock notation
- 24-hour
- Also written
- 仙台
Only fields we can source are listed; nothing on this page is estimated. Sources are in data sources .
Frequently asked questions
What time is it in Sendai right now?
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Sendai, Japan, updated every second from your device's clock and converted with the Asia/Tokyo time zone rules. Sendai currently runs at UTC+9 (JST) all year round.
What time zone is Sendai in?
The IANA identifier for Sendai is Asia/Tokyo. Its abbreviation is JST all year.
What is the UTC offset in Sendai?
Sendai stays at UTC+9 throughout the year. Its clocks never move, so the offset shown here is the offset on every date.
Does Sendai observe daylight saving time?
No. Sendai does not use daylight saving time — there is no clock change in 2026, so UTC+9 applies on every date. Differences with cities that do change their clocks still move twice a year, because the other city shifts.
What is the time difference between Sendai and New York?
For most of 2026, New York is 13 hours behind Sendai. Because the two places change their clocks on different dates, the gap is 14 hours (New York behind Sendai) from January 1 – March 8 and November 1 – January 1.
What is the time difference between Sendai and Sao Paulo?
The gap is fixed: Sao Paulo is 12 hours behind Sendai on every date of the year.
What is the time difference between Sendai and London?
For most of 2026, London is 8 hours behind Sendai. Because the two places change their clocks on different dates, the gap is 9 hours (London behind Sendai) from January 1 – March 29 and October 25 – January 1.
How long is the day in Sendai?
Day length in Sendai ranges from about 9h 30m at the shortest day of 2026 to about 14h 50m at the longest. The sunrise and sunset section on this page shows today's figures for latitude 38.27°, longitude 140.87°.