Dublin to Los Angeles (LA): time difference and best times to meet
Los Angeles is 8 hours behind Dublin. Their working days overlap for 1 hour, from 5pm to 6pm in Dublin (9am–10am in Los Angeles). The best time to schedule is 5pm Dublin time, which is 9am in Los Angeles.
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Dublin and Los Angeles (LA) time difference
This live comparison uses the current time-zone rules for both cities, so it reflects daylight-saving changes as well as the usual Dublin and Los Angeles (LA) clock gap. Set your working hours below to see the practical overlap before proposing a meeting.
Hour-by-hour overlap
Each row is one hour of the Dublin day and the matching hour in Los Angeles. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Dublin | Los Angeles | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 4pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 1am | 5pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 9am | 1am | Working hours in Dublin only |
| 10am | 2am | Working hours in Dublin only |
| 11am | 3am | Working hours in Dublin only |
| 12pm | 4am | Working hours in Dublin only |
| 1pm | 5am | Working hours in Dublin only |
| 2pm | 6am | Working hours in Dublin only |
| 3pm | 7am | Working hours in Dublin only |
| 4pm | 8am | Working hours in Dublin only |
| 5pm | 9am | Both cities at work |
| 6pm | 10am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 7pm | 11am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 8pm | 12pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 9pm | 1pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 10pm | 2pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 11pm | 3pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
Best times to propose
- 1. 5pm in Dublin · 9am in Los Angeles — Right at the edge of someone's day
Avoid 12am Dublin time and 1am Dublin time — only the other city is at work.
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, March 14, 2027 — Los Angeles goes from 8 hours behind to 7 hours behind Dublin.
- Sunday, March 28, 2027 — Los Angeles goes from 7 hours behind to 8 hours behind Dublin.
- Sunday, October 31, 2027 — Los Angeles goes from 8 hours behind to 7 hours behind Dublin.
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.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Veterans Day — Los Angeles is off, Dublin is working.
- Thursday, November 26, 2026 — Thanksgiving Day — Los Angeles is off, Dublin is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day and Christmas Day; both cities are off.
- Saturday, December 26, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — Dublin is off, Los Angeles is working.
With 1 shared working hours, Dublin and Los Angeles can run standing meetings without anyone giving up an evening — as long as the slot sits inside that window on both sides of the next clock change.
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 Dublin and Los Angeles?
- Los Angeles is currently 8 hours behind Dublin. That changes to 7 hours behind on Sunday, March 14, 2027, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between Dublin and Los Angeles?
- 5pm in Dublin, which is 9am in Los Angeles. Right at the edge of someone's day.
- How many hours do Dublin and Los Angeles overlap?
- 1 hours, from 5pm to 6pm Dublin time (9am–10am in Los Angeles).
- Does daylight saving change the Dublin–Los Angeles gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 3 times: Sunday, March 14, 2027 (8 hours behind becomes 7 hours behind); Sunday, March 28, 2027 (7 hours behind becomes 8 hours behind); Sunday, October 31, 2027 (8 hours behind becomes 7 hours behind).
- Are there public holidays that affect Dublin–Los Angeles meetings?
- Yes. The next is Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — a public holiday where Los Angeles is, but a normal working day in Dublin.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Dublin
- Dublin ↔ TokyoNo working-hours overlap
- Dublin ↔ SeoulNo working-hours overlap
- Dublin ↔ SydneyNo working-hours overlap
- Dublin ↔ MelbourneNo working-hours overlap
- Dublin ↔ San Francisco1 hours of overlap
- Dublin ↔ Singapore1 hours of overlap
- Dublin ↔ Hong Kong1 hours of overlap
- Dublin ↔ Shanghai1 hours of overlap
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved