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Time differences

Los Angeles time zone and office-hour overlap

When Los Angeles, London and New York are all at work.

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  • Awake
  • Night
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Different hours for each city
  • UTC−8Pacific Standard Time, January
  • UTC−7Pacific Daylight Time, July
  • America/Los_AngelesIANA time zone name
  • 5other listed cities on the same clock all year

Clock changes

Los Angeles moves its clocks forward one hour on the second Sunday in March at 2:00 am local time and back on the first Sunday in November at 2:00 am, switching between Pacific Standard Time (UTC−8) and Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7).

Next change, as of when this page was built (2026-10-20): back on Sun 1 November 2026, from UTC−7 to UTC−8.

Sun and clock

At 118.2° west, the sun is highest over Los Angeles at about 11:53 am on the winter clock — almost exactly noon, because the clock runs close to the sun.

In mid-January the sun rises at about 6:58 am and sets at about 5:05 pm — 10 hours of daylight.

In mid-July the sun rises at about 5:52 am and sets at about 8:05 pm — 14 hours 15 minutes of daylight.

On a January weekday, 6 of the listed cities share the whole 9-to-5 day with Los Angeles, 84 share at least two hours and 176 share no office time at all; on a July weekday the counts are 7, 76 and 167. The furthest away on the clock in January is Auckland (New Zealand), 21 hours ahead.

Of the 268 cities in this planner, 3 are behind Los Angeles in January, 6 show the same time and 258 are ahead of it.

Cities on the same clock

All year, Los Angeles shows the same time as Tijuana (Mexico), San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Las Vegas.

Only in July it matches Phoenix.

Office hours shared with 11 business cities

Counting a 9-to-5 day, Monday to Friday, in both cities: Los Angeles shares two hours or more with New York, Chicago, Sydney, Auckland and São Paulo, and no office time at all with London, Paris, Dubai, Mumbai and Singapore.

Gap and shared 9-to-5 time, January and July. “At 9 am” is the other city's clock when it is 9:00 in Los Angeles.
CityGap, Jan / JulShared, Jan / JulAt 9 am
New York +3 / +3 h 5 / 5 h 12:00 pm
Chicago +2 / +2 h 6 / 6 h 11:00 am
London +8 / +8 h 0 / 0 h 5:00 pm
Paris +9 / +9 h 0 / 0 h 6:00 pm
Dubai +12 / +11 h 0 / 0 h 9:00 pm
Mumbai +13½ / +12½ h 0 / 0 h 10:30 pm
Singapore +16 / +15 h 0 / 0 h 1:00 am (+1 day)
Tokyo +17 / +16 h 1 / 0 h 2:00 am (+1 day)
Sydney +19 / +17 h 3 / 1 h 4:00 am (+1 day)
Auckland +21 / +19 h 5 / 3 h 6:00 am (+1 day)
São Paulo +5 / +4 h 3 / 4 h 2:00 pm

Time differences with Los Angeles

City names, coordinates and time zone assignments: GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (selection and renaming of some cities by this site). Clock times are computed in your browser from the IANA time zone database. Sources and limits.