Amsterdam to Los Angeles: time difference and best times to meet
Los Angeles is 9 hours behind Amsterdam. There is no overlap between a normal working day in each city, so one side has to take the call outside working hours.
Europe/Amsterdam
America/Los_Angeles
Hour-by-hour overlap
Each row is one hour of the Amsterdam day and the matching hour in Los Angeles. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Amsterdam | Los Angeles | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 3pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 1am | 4pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 2am | 5pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 9am | 12am | Working hours in Amsterdam only |
| 10am | 1am | Working hours in Amsterdam only |
| 11am | 2am | Working hours in Amsterdam only |
| 12pm | 3am | Working hours in Amsterdam only |
| 1pm | 4am | Working hours in Amsterdam only |
| 2pm | 5am | Working hours in Amsterdam only |
| 3pm | 6am | Working hours in Amsterdam only |
| 4pm | 7am | Working hours in Amsterdam only |
| 5pm | 8am | Working hours in Amsterdam only |
| 6pm | 9am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 7pm | 10am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 8pm | 11am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 9pm | 12pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 10pm | 1pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 11pm | 2pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, October 25, 2026 — Los Angeles goes from 9 hours behind to 8 hours behind Amsterdam.
- Sunday, November 1, 2026 — Los Angeles goes from 8 hours behind to 9 hours behind Amsterdam.
- Sunday, March 14, 2027 — Los Angeles goes from 9 hours behind to 8 hours behind Amsterdam.
- Sunday, March 28, 2027 — Los Angeles goes from 8 hours behind to 9 hours behind Amsterdam.
Recurring meetings set as a fixed clock time in one city will move by an hour for the other on these dates.
Public holidays to avoid
Dates where one side is off work while the other is not are the most common cause of no-shows on this route.
- Monday, October 12, 2026 — Indigenous Peoples' Day — Los Angeles is off, Amsterdam is working.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Veterans Day — Los Angeles is off, Amsterdam is working.
- Thursday, November 26, 2026 — Thanksgiving Day — Los Angeles is off, Amsterdam is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day and Christmas Day; both cities are off.
- Saturday, December 26, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — Amsterdam is off, Los Angeles is working.
Amsterdam and Los Angeles have no shared working hours, so a recurring live meeting always costs someone their morning or their evening. Rotating the burden, or moving the update to written form, is usually the better answer.
Sending a booking link avoids the arithmetic entirely: each side picks a time in their own zone and both calendars get the correct local time, including after a daylight-saving change. See how LemCall handles cross-timezone bookings.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the time difference between Amsterdam and Los Angeles?
- Los Angeles is currently 9 hours behind Amsterdam. That changes to 8 hours behind on Sunday, October 25, 2026, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between Amsterdam and Los Angeles?
- There is no hour where both cities are inside normal working hours, so one side has to take the call early or late.
- How many hours do Amsterdam and Los Angeles overlap?
- Zero, on a standard 9–18 working day in each city.
- Does daylight saving change the Amsterdam–Los Angeles gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 4 times: Sunday, October 25, 2026 (9 hours behind becomes 8 hours behind); Sunday, November 1, 2026 (8 hours behind becomes 9 hours behind); Sunday, March 14, 2027 (9 hours behind becomes 8 hours behind); Sunday, March 28, 2027 (8 hours behind becomes 9 hours behind).
- Are there public holidays that affect Amsterdam–Los Angeles meetings?
- Yes. The next is Monday, October 12, 2026 — a public holiday where Los Angeles is, but a normal working day in Amsterdam.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Amsterdam
- Amsterdam ↔ Chicago2 hours of overlap
- Amsterdam ↔ Tokyo2 hours of overlap
- Amsterdam ↔ Seoul2 hours of overlap
- Amsterdam ↔ Denver1 hours of overlap
- Amsterdam ↔ Mexico City1 hours of overlap
- Amsterdam ↔ Sydney1 hours of overlap
- Amsterdam ↔ Melbourne1 hours of overlap
- Amsterdam ↔ San FranciscoNo working-hours overlap
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved