Dublin to San Francisco: time difference and best times to meet
San Francisco is 8 hours behind Dublin. Their working days overlap for 1 hour, from 5pm to 6pm in Dublin (9am–10am in San Francisco). The best time to schedule is 5pm Dublin time, which is 9am in San Francisco.
Europe/Dublin
America/Los_Angeles
Hour-by-hour overlap
Each row is one hour of the Dublin day and the matching hour in San Francisco. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Dublin | San Francisco | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 4pm | Working hours in San Francisco only |
| 1am | 5pm | Working hours in San Francisco 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 San Francisco only |
| 7pm | 11am | Working hours in San Francisco only |
| 8pm | 12pm | Working hours in San Francisco only |
| 9pm | 1pm | Working hours in San Francisco only |
| 10pm | 2pm | Working hours in San Francisco only |
| 11pm | 3pm | Working hours in San Francisco only |
Best times to propose
- 1. 5pm in Dublin · 9am in San Francisco — 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, October 25, 2026 — San Francisco goes from 8 hours behind to 7 hours behind Dublin.
- Sunday, November 1, 2026 — San Francisco goes from 7 hours behind to 8 hours behind Dublin.
- Sunday, March 14, 2027 — San Francisco goes from 8 hours behind to 7 hours behind Dublin.
- Sunday, March 28, 2027 — San Francisco goes from 7 hours behind to 8 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.
- Monday, October 12, 2026 — Indigenous Peoples' Day — San Francisco is off, Dublin is working.
- Monday, October 26, 2026 — October Holiday — Dublin is off, San Francisco is working.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Veterans Day — San Francisco is off, Dublin is working.
- Thursday, November 26, 2026 — Thanksgiving Day — San Francisco 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, San Francisco is working.
With 1 shared working hours, Dublin and San Francisco 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 San Francisco?
- San Francisco is currently 8 hours behind Dublin. That changes to 7 hours behind on Sunday, October 25, 2026, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between Dublin and San Francisco?
- 5pm in Dublin, which is 9am in San Francisco. Right at the edge of someone's day.
- How many hours do Dublin and San Francisco overlap?
- 1 hours, from 5pm to 6pm Dublin time (9am–10am in San Francisco).
- Does daylight saving change the Dublin–San Francisco gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 4 times: Sunday, October 25, 2026 (8 hours behind becomes 7 hours behind); Sunday, November 1, 2026 (7 hours behind becomes 8 hours behind); Sunday, March 14, 2027 (8 hours behind becomes 7 hours behind); Sunday, March 28, 2027 (7 hours behind becomes 8 hours behind).
- Are there public holidays that affect Dublin–San Francisco meetings?
- Yes. The next is Monday, October 12, 2026 — a public holiday where San Francisco is, but a normal working day in Dublin.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Dublin
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved