Berlin to Los Angeles: time difference and best times to meet
Los Angeles is 9 hours behind Berlin. There is no overlap between a normal working day in each city, so one side has to take the call outside working hours.
Europe/Berlin
America/Los_Angeles
Hour-by-hour overlap
Each row is one hour of the Berlin day and the matching hour in Los Angeles. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Berlin | 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 Berlin only |
| 10am | 1am | Working hours in Berlin only |
| 11am | 2am | Working hours in Berlin only |
| 12pm | 3am | Working hours in Berlin only |
| 1pm | 4am | Working hours in Berlin only |
| 2pm | 5am | Working hours in Berlin only |
| 3pm | 6am | Working hours in Berlin only |
| 4pm | 7am | Working hours in Berlin only |
| 5pm | 8am | Working hours in Berlin 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 Berlin.
- Sunday, November 1, 2026 — Los Angeles goes from 8 hours behind to 9 hours behind Berlin.
- Sunday, March 14, 2027 — Los Angeles goes from 9 hours behind to 8 hours behind Berlin.
- Sunday, March 28, 2027 — Los Angeles goes from 8 hours behind to 9 hours behind Berlin.
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.
- Sunday, September 20, 2026 — World Children's Day — Berlin is off, Los Angeles is working.
- Saturday, October 3, 2026 — German Unity Day — Berlin is off, Los Angeles is working.
- Monday, October 12, 2026 — Indigenous Peoples' Day — Los Angeles is off, Berlin is working.
- Saturday, October 31, 2026 — Reformation Day — Berlin is off, Los Angeles is working.
- Sunday, November 1, 2026 — All Saints' Day — Berlin is off, Los Angeles is working.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Veterans Day — Los Angeles is off, Berlin is working.
- Wednesday, November 18, 2026 — Repentance and Prayer Day — Berlin is off, Los Angeles is working.
- Thursday, November 26, 2026 — Thanksgiving Day — Los Angeles is off, Berlin is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day and Christmas Day; both cities are off.
- Saturday, December 26, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — Berlin is off, Los Angeles is working.
Berlin 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 Berlin and Los Angeles?
- Los Angeles is currently 9 hours behind Berlin. 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 Berlin 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 Berlin and Los Angeles overlap?
- Zero, on a standard 9–18 working day in each city.
- Does daylight saving change the Berlin–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 Berlin–Los Angeles meetings?
- Yes. The next is Sunday, September 20, 2026 — a public holiday where Berlin is, but a normal working day in Los Angeles.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Berlin
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved