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Kure, Japón
03:48:06 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Tokyo

Kure, Hiroshima
Core city in Chūgoku, Japan
Hora local actual
03:48:06 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Zona horaria
JST
Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
Próximo festivo
Shōwa Day
miércoles, 29 de abril de 2026 · Public
Solapamiento laboral ahora
3 / 7
Reference markets are overlapping with Kure right now
Aeropuerto más cercano
HIJ
Hiroshima Airport · 40 km
Aeropuertos indexados
18
Curated airport references available for Japón
Snapshot at render time: 03:48:06 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Kure (UTC+09:00, JST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
17°C, Partly cloudy
Feels like 17°C · Humidity 63% · Wind 4 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:22 AM to 06:52 PM
Day length 13h 30m · Solar noon 12:07 PM
Next country holiday
Shōwa Day
miércoles, 29 de abril de 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Kure local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
214.6K
Coordinates
34.23, 132.57
Timezone
Asia/Tokyo
Aeropuertos indexados
18
Capital
Tokyo
Languages
Japanese
Currency
JPY (¥)
Country area
377,930 km²
Kure (rank #129 by population in this dataset) sits at Asia/Tokyo (JST, UTC+09:00) with roughly 214.6K residents, anchoring local-time questions for Japón.
Kure sits at 34.23°N, 132.57°E; that's the subtropics (Northern Hemisphere, ~3800 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 05:22 AM and sets around 06:52 PM in Kure — about 13h 30m of daylight. Japón stays on standard time here, so UTC+09:00 is stable through the year.
Etajima (8 km from Kure) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 18 curated airport pages indexed for Japón.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Shōwa Day on 2026-04-29, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Kure.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
JST
IANA Zone
Asia/Tokyo
UTC Offset
UTC+09:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
London
-8h
New York
-13h
Los Angeles
-16h
Dubai
-5h
Singapore
-1h
Sydney
+1h
São Paulo
-12h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Kure.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 07:48 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 02:48 AM | -13h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 11:48 PM | -16h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 10:48 AM | -5h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 02:48 PM | -1h | Good to call now |
| Sydney | 04:48 PM | +1h | Good to call now |
| São Paulo | 03:48 AM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
Kure está en la zona horaria Asia/Tokyo (JST), con un desfase UTC de +09:00.
Kure no está actualmente observando el Horario de Verano.
El desfase UTC actual para Kure es UTC+09:00.
Kure sits at 34.23°N, 132.57°E in Japón, with about 214.6K residents (rank #129 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Kure is Tokyo, about 665 km away as the crow flies.
Etajima is the closest indexed city, roughly 8 km from Kure.
Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) is the closest curated airport reference, about 40 km from Kure.
Shōwa Day is the next upcoming holiday in Japón, on miércoles, 29 de abril de 2026.
Kure is a city in the Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 April 2023, the city had an estimated population of 208,024 in 106,616 households and a population density of 590 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 352.80 square kilometres (136.22 sq mi). With a strong industrial and naval heritage, Kure hosts the second-oldest naval dockyard in Japan and remains an important base for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Reading Kure against the global hubs: Tokyo (~665 km), Singapore (~4,720 km), Dubai (~7,357 km) are the close ones, with São Paulo (~18,825 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Kure sits inside Japón — the Eastern Asia subregion, capital Tokyo, languages Japanese, currency JPY (¥).
The closest mapped neighbors of Kure are Etajima (8 km), Kumano (11 km), Kaitaichi (15 km), Fuchū (18 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Kure: Shōwa Day, Constitution Memorial Day, Greenery Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Japón.
Closest curated airport references from Kure: HIJ Hiroshima (40 km), MYJ Matsuyama (47 km), OKJ Okayama (132 km).
In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
Japanese workday pages become more useful when they explain how early US calls and late Europe calls actually fit into the local day.
Hiroshima AirportHIJ
Hiroshima · 40 km from Kure
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 48m
Matsuyama AirportMYJ
Matsuyama · 47 km from Kure
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 49m
Okayama Momotaro AirportOKJ
Okayama · 132 km from Kure
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 55m
Kitakyushu AirportKKJ
Kitakyushu · 148 km from Kure
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 56m
Tokushima Awaodori Airport / JMSDF Tokushima Air BaseTKS
Tokushima · 188 km from Kure
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 59m
Exchange snapshot
1 JPY = 0.005 EUR · 1 JPY = 0.005 GBP · 1 JPY = 0.006 USD
As of 2026-04-28
On this day
2015: A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
2013: A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.
2013: National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.
Coordination pulse
3 of 7 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now