London to Los Angeles: time difference and best times to meet
Los Angeles is 8 hours behind London. Their working days overlap for 1 hour, from 5pm to 6pm in London (9am–10am in Los Angeles). The best time to schedule is 5pm London time, which is 9am in Los Angeles.
Europe/London
America/Los_Angeles
Hour-by-hour overlap
Each row is one hour of the London day and the matching hour in Los Angeles. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| London | Los Angeles | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 4pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 1am | 5pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 9am | 1am | Working hours in London only |
| 10am | 2am | Working hours in London only |
| 11am | 3am | Working hours in London only |
| 12pm | 4am | Working hours in London only |
| 1pm | 5am | Working hours in London only |
| 2pm | 6am | Working hours in London only |
| 3pm | 7am | Working hours in London only |
| 4pm | 8am | Working hours in London 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 London · 9am in Los Angeles — Right at the edge of someone's day
Avoid 12am London time and 1am London time — only the other city is at work.
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, October 25, 2026 — Los Angeles goes from 8 hours behind to 7 hours behind London.
- Sunday, November 1, 2026 — Los Angeles goes from 7 hours behind to 8 hours behind London.
- Sunday, March 14, 2027 — Los Angeles goes from 8 hours behind to 7 hours behind London.
- Sunday, March 28, 2027 — Los Angeles goes from 7 hours behind to 8 hours behind London.
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, London is working.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Veterans Day — Los Angeles is off, London is working.
- Thursday, November 26, 2026 — Thanksgiving Day — Los Angeles is off, London is working.
- Monday, November 30, 2026 — Saint Andrew's Day — London is off, Los Angeles is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day and Christmas Day; both cities are off.
- Monday, December 28, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — London is off, Los Angeles is working.
With 1 shared working hours, London 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 London and Los Angeles?
- Los Angeles is currently 8 hours behind London. 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 London and Los Angeles?
- 5pm in London, which is 9am in Los Angeles. Right at the edge of someone's day.
- How many hours do London and Los Angeles overlap?
- 1 hours, from 5pm to 6pm London time (9am–10am in Los Angeles).
- Does daylight saving change the London–Los Angeles 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 London–Los Angeles meetings?
- Yes. The next is Monday, October 12, 2026 — a public holiday where Los Angeles is, but a normal working day in London.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for London
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved