Dubai to Los Angeles: time difference and best times to meet
Los Angeles is 11 hours behind Dubai. There is no overlap between a normal working day in each city, so one side has to take the call outside working hours.
Asia/Dubai
America/Los_Angeles
Hour-by-hour overlap
Each row is one hour of the Dubai day and the matching hour in Los Angeles. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Dubai | Los Angeles | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 1pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 1am | 2pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 2am | 3pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 3am | 4pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 4am | 5pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 9am | 10pm | Working hours in Dubai only |
| 10am | 11pm | Working hours in Dubai only |
| 11am | 12am | Working hours in Dubai only |
| 12pm | 1am | Working hours in Dubai only |
| 1pm | 2am | Working hours in Dubai only |
| 2pm | 3am | Working hours in Dubai only |
| 3pm | 4am | Working hours in Dubai only |
| 4pm | 5am | Working hours in Dubai only |
| 5pm | 6am | Working hours in Dubai only |
| 8pm | 9am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 9pm | 10am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 10pm | 11am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 11pm | 12pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, November 1, 2026 — Los Angeles goes from 11 hours behind to 12 hours behind Dubai.
- Sunday, March 14, 2027 — Los Angeles goes from 12 hours behind to 11 hours behind Dubai.
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, Dubai is working.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Veterans Day — Los Angeles is off, Dubai is working.
- Thursday, November 26, 2026 — Thanksgiving Day — Los Angeles is off, Dubai is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day — Los Angeles is off, Dubai is working.
Dubai 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 Dubai and Los Angeles?
- Los Angeles is currently 11 hours behind Dubai. That changes to 12 hours behind on Sunday, November 1, 2026, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between Dubai 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 Dubai and Los Angeles overlap?
- Zero, on a standard 9–18 working day in each city.
- Does daylight saving change the Dubai–Los Angeles gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 2 times: Sunday, November 1, 2026 (11 hours behind becomes 12 hours behind); Sunday, March 14, 2027 (12 hours behind becomes 11 hours behind).
- Are there public holidays that affect Dubai–Los Angeles meetings?
- Yes. The next is Monday, October 12, 2026 — a public holiday where Los Angeles is, but a normal working day in Dubai.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Dubai
- Dubai ↔ Melbourne3 hours of overlap
- Dubai ↔ São Paulo2 hours of overlap
- Dubai ↔ New York1 hours of overlap
- Dubai ↔ Toronto1 hours of overlap
- Dubai ↔ ChicagoNo working-hours overlap
- Dubai ↔ San FranciscoNo working-hours overlap
- Dubai ↔ DenverNo working-hours overlap
- Dubai ↔ Mexico CityNo working-hours overlap
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved