Los Angeles (LA) to Paris: time difference and best times to meet
Paris is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles. There is no overlap between a normal working day in each city, so one side has to take the call outside working hours.
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Los Angeles (LA) and Paris 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 Los Angeles (LA) and Paris 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 Los Angeles day and the matching hour in Paris. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Los Angeles | Paris | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 9am | Working hours in Paris only |
| 1am | 10am | Working hours in Paris only |
| 2am | 11am | Working hours in Paris only |
| 3am | 12pm | Working hours in Paris only |
| 4am | 1pm | Working hours in Paris only |
| 5am | 2pm | Working hours in Paris only |
| 6am | 3pm | Working hours in Paris only |
| 7am | 4pm | Working hours in Paris only |
| 8am | 5pm | Working hours in Paris only |
| 9am | 6pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 10am | 7pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 11am | 8pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 12pm | 9pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 1pm | 10pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 2pm | 11pm | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 3pm | 12am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 4pm | 1am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 5pm | 2am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, March 14, 2027 — Paris goes from 9 hours ahead of to 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- Sunday, March 28, 2027 — Paris goes from 8 hours ahead of to 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- Sunday, October 31, 2027 — Paris goes from 9 hours ahead of to 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
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 and Armistice Day; both cities are off.
- Thursday, November 26, 2026 — Thanksgiving Day — Los Angeles is off, Paris is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day and Christmas Day; both cities are off.
Los Angeles and Paris 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 Los Angeles and Paris?
- Paris is currently 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles. That changes to 8 hours ahead of on Sunday, March 14, 2027, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between Los Angeles and Paris?
- 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 Los Angeles and Paris overlap?
- Zero, on a standard 9–18 working day in each city.
- Does daylight saving change the Los Angeles–Paris gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 3 times: Sunday, March 14, 2027 (9 hours ahead of becomes 8 hours ahead of); Sunday, March 28, 2027 (8 hours ahead of becomes 9 hours ahead of); Sunday, October 31, 2027 (9 hours ahead of becomes 8 hours ahead of).
- Are there public holidays that affect Los Angeles–Paris meetings?
- Yes. The next is Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — a public holiday in both countries.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Los Angeles
- Los Angeles ↔ Shanghai1 hours of overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ BerlinNo working-hours overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ MadridNo working-hours overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ AmsterdamNo working-hours overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ StockholmNo working-hours overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ DubaiNo working-hours overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ MumbaiNo working-hours overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ BangaloreNo working-hours overlap
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved