Time zone in Los Angeles
Los Angeles is on Pacific Standard Time (PST, UTC-8) in winter and switches to Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC-7) in summer. Its identifier in the international time zone database is America/Los_Angeles: it is what your phone and computer use to show the right time there.
Clock changes in Los Angeles:
- 2026: forward 1 h on Sunday, March 8, 2026 (2:00 AM becomes 3:00 AM), then back 1 h on Sunday, November 1, 2026 (2:00 AM becomes 1:00 AM).
- 2027: forward 1 h on Sunday, March 14, 2027 (2:00 AM becomes 3:00 AM), then back 1 h on Sunday, November 7, 2027 (2:00 AM becomes 1:00 AM).
Los Angeles follows the North American rule: clocks go forward on the second Sunday of March and back on the first Sunday of November, at 2:00 AM local time.
Los Angeles shares its time with San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Las Vegas.
Los Angeles is 3,692 km from Washington, D.C., the capital.
By the sun, noon in Los Angeles falls at about 11:53 AM in winter and 12:53 PM in summer (on average over the year). The city lies at 118.24° west, and every degree of longitude shifts the sun by 4 minutes. Clock time is close to sun time here. See the sunrise and sunset times in Los Angeles.
Time difference with major cities
When it is 12:00 PM (noon) in Los Angeles, it is:
| City | January | July |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 3:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| London | 8:00 PM | 8:00 PM |
| Paris | 9:00 PM | 9:00 PM |
| Tokyo | 5:00 AM, next day | 4:00 AM, next day |
| Sydney | 7:00 AM, next day | 5:00 AM, next day |
| Chicago | 2:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
The gap with Tokyo changes by one hour during the year, because Los Angeles changes its clocks and this city does not. With Sydney, the gap is not the same in January and July: the clocks change at other times of the year there. With London and Paris, the gap is the same in January and July but one hour different for 21 days a year, because the clocks do not change on the same dates.
Best time to call Los Angeles from New York
To reach someone at work in Los Angeles from New York, the best window is from 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM in New York, which is 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Los Angeles.
Detailed time differences: Paris and Los Angeles, New York and Los Angeles. For any other city, use the time zone converter.