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Live local time
Wakayama, Japon
08:17:36 AMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Tokyo

Wakayama Prefecture
Prefecture of Japan
Heure locale actuelle
08:17:36 AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuseau horaire
JST
Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
Prochain jour férié
Shōwa Day
mercredi 29 avril 2026 · Public
Chevauchement d'horaires maintenant
0 / 7
Reference markets are overlapping with Wakayama right now
Aéroport le plus proche
KIX
Kansai International Airport · 23 km
Aéroports indexés
18
Curated airport references available for Japon
Snapshot at render time: 08:17:36 AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Wakayama (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 66% · Wind 7 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:11 AM to 06:41 PM
Day length 13h 30m · Solar noon 11:56 AM
Next country holiday
Shōwa Day
mercredi 29 avril 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Wakayama local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Mother's Day (US) 2026
festival-seculardimanche 10 mai 2026
12 days to go
Gemini 3 Launch (rumored at Google I/O)
release-techmardi 12 mai 2026
14 days to go
48th ASEAN Summit — Cebu
politicalvendredi 15 mai 2026
17 days to go
Gemini 3 Ultra Launch (estimated window)
keynotevendredi 15 mai 2026
17 days to go
WHO Pandemic Agreement — Adoption at 79th WHA
politicallundi 18 mai 2026
20 days to go
Forza Horizon 6
release-gamemardi 19 mai 2026
21 days to go
Population
356.7K
Coordinates
34.23, 135.17
Timezone
Asia/Tokyo
Aéroports indexés
18
Capital
Tokyo
Languages
Japanese
Currency
JPY (¥)
Country area
377,930 km²
Local time in Wakayama runs on the JST, UTC+09:00 clock; with roughly 356.7K residents the city (rank #69 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Japon.
Geographically, Wakayama is at 34.23°N, 135.17°E — that places it in the Northern Hemisphere's subtropics, about 3800 km from the equator, with warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 05:11 AM and sets around 06:41 PM in Wakayama — about 13h 30m of daylight. Japon stays on standard time here, so UTC+09:00 is stable through the year.
Minato (3 km from Wakayama) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 18 curated airport pages indexed for Japon.
On 2026-04-29, Shōwa Day is the next holiday flag for Wakayama — worth blocking out for launches or logistics.
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 Wakayama.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 12:17 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 07:17 PM | -13h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 04:17 PM | -16h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 03:17 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 07:17 AM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 09:17 AM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 08:17 PM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
Wakayama est dans le fuseau horaire Asia/Tokyo (JST), avec un décalage UTC de +09:00.
Wakayama n'observe pas actuellement l'heure d'été.
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Wakayama est UTC+09:00.
Wakayama sits at 34.23°N, 135.17°E in Japon, with about 356.7K residents (rank #69 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Wakayama is Tokyo, about 439 km away as the crow flies.
Minato is the closest indexed city, roughly 3 km from Wakayama.
Kansai International Airport (KIX) is the closest curated airport reference, about 23 km from Wakayama.
Shōwa Day is the next upcoming holiday in Japon, on mercredi 29 avril 2026.
Wakayama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Wakayama Prefecture has a population of 876,030 and a geographic area of 4,724 square kilometres (1,824 sq mi). Wakayama Prefecture borders Osaka Prefecture to the north, and Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture to the northeast.
From Wakayama the nearest of our reference hubs are Tokyo (~439 km), Singapore (~4,894 km), Dubai (~7,587 km), while São Paulo sits about 18,814 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Wakayama sits inside Japon — the Eastern Asia subregion, capital Tokyo, languages Japanese, currency JPY (¥).
Minato (3 km), Kainan (10 km), Hannan (14 km), Iwade (14 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Wakayama — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Wakayama: Shōwa Day, Constitution Memorial Day, Greenery Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Japon.
Closest curated airport references from Wakayama: KIX Osaka (23 km), UKB Kobe (45 km), TKS Tokushima (53 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.
Japan does not use DST, which makes it a strong stability reference in APAC comparisons.
Kansai International AirportKIX
Osaka · 23 km from Wakayama
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 47m
Kobe AirportUKB
Kobe · 45 km from Wakayama
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 48m
Tokushima Awaodori Airport / JMSDF Tokushima Air BaseTKS
Tokushima · 53 km from Wakayama
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 49m
Osaka Itami International AirportITM
Osaka · 66 km from Wakayama
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 50m
Okayama Momotaro AirportOKJ
Okayama · 134 km from Wakayama
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 55m
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
0 of 7 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now