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What time is it in Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan

The local time of Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan is presented here, in line with the Asia/Tokyo zone (+9).

Wakkanai, Japan

8:31:51 PM

Wednesday, 4 November 2026

UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo

Local time in Wakkanai

UTC+9 · no daylight saving time

Local time in Wakkanai, Hokkaido.

The sun today

Sunrise 6:17 AM Solar noon 11:18 AM Sunset 4:19 PM Daylight 10 h 02 min Night 13 h 58 min Civil twilight 5:46 AM – 4:50 PM

Weather in Wakkanai right now

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Wakkanai and its neighbours

Wakkanai at 45.4094, 141.6740 with the nearest towns within 2.4 km · open in OpenStreetMap

Postal codes

097-0006 Shimminatocho — 0.6 km away
097-0022 Chuo — 0.7 km away
097-0021 Minato — 0.7 km away
097-0023 Kaiun — 1.0 km away
097-0037 Nishihama — 1.5 km away
097-0035 Bakkaimura(Bakkai) — 1.5 km away
097-0036 Bakkaimura(Kutonebetsu) — 1.5 km away
097-0027 Fujimi — 1.7 km away
097-0024 Horai — 1.8 km away
097-0005 Daikoku — 1.8 km away
097-0001 Suehiro — 1.9 km away
097-0000 Wakkanai Shi — 2.1 km away

Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.

Wakkanai in numbers

Coordinates: 45.4094, 141.6740
Population: 33 869
Region: Hokkaido
Country: Japan, Asia
Capital: Tokyo — 1094 km away

Largest cities in Hokkaido

Sapporo 1 973 832
Asahikawa 333 530
Hakodate 275 730
Tomakomai 174 806
Kushiro 167 875
Obihiro 166 536

Same time zone — Asia/Tokyo

Tokyo Japan
Yokohama Japan
Osaka Japan
Nagoya Japan
Sapporo Japan
Fukuoka Japan

Nearby places

Chūō — 0.6 km
Shinminatochō — 0.6 km
Minato — 0.7 km
Kaiun — 0.9 km
Shinsuehirocho — 1.4 km
Daikoku — 1.7 km

About the time in Wakkanai

Wakkanai marks time with Asia/Tokyo at an offset of UTC+9. Does the area change clocks seasonally? No.

The sky over Wakkanai lightens at 6:17 AM and the sun sets at 4:19 PM. Daylight runs for 10 h 02 min today.

Travelling from Wakkanai to Shinminatochō or Chūō does not change the hour.

There are 12 postal codes assigned to Wakkanai.

Questions and answers

Which time zone entry corresponds to Wakkanai?: The entry corresponding to Wakkanai is Asia/Tokyo, with an offset of +9.
Does Wakkanai keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?: Daylight saving time in Wakkanai: No.
How early in the evening does the sun set in Wakkanai?: It sets at 4:19 PM.