Los Angeles to Seoul: time difference and best times to meet
Seoul is 16 hours ahead of Los Angeles. Their working days overlap for 1 hour, from 5pm to 6pm in Los Angeles (9am–10am in Seoul). The best time to schedule is 5pm Los Angeles time, which is 9am in Seoul.
America/Los_Angeles
Asia/Seoul
Hour-by-hour overlap
Each row is one hour of the Los Angeles day and the matching hour in Seoul. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Los Angeles | Seoul | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 12am | 4pm | Working hours in Seoul only |
| 1am | 5pm | Working hours in Seoul only |
| 9am | 1am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 10am | 2am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 11am | 3am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 12pm | 4am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 1pm | 5am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 2pm | 6am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 3pm | 7am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 4pm | 8am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 5pm | 9am | Both cities at work |
| 6pm | 10am | Working hours in Seoul only |
| 7pm | 11am | Working hours in Seoul only |
| 8pm | 12pm | Working hours in Seoul only |
| 9pm | 1pm | Working hours in Seoul only |
| 10pm | 2pm | Working hours in Seoul only |
| 11pm | 3pm | Working hours in Seoul only |
Best times to propose
- 1. 5pm in Los Angeles · 9am in Seoul — Right at the edge of someone's day
Avoid 12am Los Angeles time and 1am Los Angeles time — only the other city is at work.
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, November 1, 2026 — Seoul goes from 16 hours ahead of to 17 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- Sunday, March 14, 2027 — Seoul goes from 17 hours ahead of to 16 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.
- Thursday, September 24, 2026 — Chuseok — Seoul is off, Los Angeles is working.
- Friday, September 25, 2026 — Chuseok — Seoul is off, Los Angeles is working.
- Saturday, September 26, 2026 — Chuseok — Seoul is off, Los Angeles is working.
- Monday, October 5, 2026 — National Foundation Day — Seoul is off, Los Angeles is working.
- Friday, October 9, 2026 — Hangul Day — Seoul is off, Los Angeles is working.
- Monday, October 12, 2026 — Indigenous Peoples' Day — Los Angeles is off, Seoul is working.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Veterans Day — Los Angeles is off, Seoul is working.
- Thursday, November 26, 2026 — Thanksgiving Day — Los Angeles is off, Seoul is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day and Christmas Day; both cities are off.
With 1 shared working hours, Los Angeles and Seoul 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 Los Angeles and Seoul?
- Seoul is currently 16 hours ahead of Los Angeles. That changes to 17 hours ahead of on Sunday, November 1, 2026, when one side shifts for daylight saving.
- When is the best time to schedule a meeting between Los Angeles and Seoul?
- 5pm in Los Angeles, which is 9am in Seoul. Right at the edge of someone's day.
- How many hours do Los Angeles and Seoul overlap?
- 1 hours, from 5pm to 6pm Los Angeles time (9am–10am in Seoul).
- Does daylight saving change the Los Angeles–Seoul gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 2 times: Sunday, November 1, 2026 (16 hours ahead of becomes 17 hours ahead of); Sunday, March 14, 2027 (17 hours ahead of becomes 16 hours ahead of).
- Are there public holidays that affect Los Angeles–Seoul meetings?
- Yes. The next is Thursday, September 24, 2026 — a public holiday where Seoul is, but a normal working day in Los Angeles.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Los Angeles
- Los Angeles ↔ SingaporeNo working-hours overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ Hong KongNo working-hours overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ ShanghaiNo working-hours overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ Sydney2 hours of overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ Melbourne2 hours of overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ London1 hours of overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ Dublin1 hours of overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ Tokyo1 hours of overlap
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved