Los Angeles (LA) to Sydney: time difference and best times to meet
Sydney is 19 hours ahead of Los Angeles. Their working days overlap for 4 hours, from 2pm to 6pm in Los Angeles (9am–1pm in Sydney). The best time to schedule is 2pm Los Angeles time, which is 9am in Sydney.
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Los Angeles (LA) and Sydney 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 Sydney 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 Sydney. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| Los Angeles | Sydney | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9am | 4am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 10am | 5am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 11am | 6am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 12pm | 7am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 1pm | 8am | Working hours in Los Angeles only |
| 2pm | 9am | Both cities at work |
| 3pm | 10am | Both cities at work |
| 4pm | 11am | Both cities at work |
| 5pm | 12pm | Both cities at work |
| 6pm | 1pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 7pm | 2pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 8pm | 3pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 9pm | 4pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
| 10pm | 5pm | Working hours in Sydney only |
Best times to propose
- 1. 2pm in Los Angeles · 9am in Sydney — Right at the edge of someone's day
- 2. 3pm in Los Angeles · 10am in Sydney — Comfortable mid-day slot on both sides
- 3. 4pm in Los Angeles · 11am in Sydney — Comfortable mid-day slot on both sides
Avoid 9am Los Angeles time and 10am Los Angeles time — inside working hours locally but outside them for the other city.
When the gap changes in the next twelve months
- Sunday, March 14, 2027 — Sydney goes from 19 hours ahead of to 18 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- Sunday, April 4, 2027 — Sydney goes from 18 hours ahead of to 17 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- Sunday, October 3, 2027 — Sydney goes from 17 hours ahead of to 18 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.
- Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — Melbourne Cup — Sydney is off, Los Angeles is working.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Veterans Day — Los Angeles is off, Sydney is working.
- Thursday, November 26, 2026 — Thanksgiving Day — Los Angeles is off, Sydney is working.
- Friday, December 25, 2026 — Christmas Day and Christmas Day; both cities are off.
- Monday, December 28, 2026 — St. Stephen's Day — Sydney is off, Los Angeles is working.
With 4 shared working hours, Los Angeles and Sydney 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 Sydney?
- Sydney is currently 19 hours ahead of Los Angeles. That changes to 18 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 Sydney?
- 2pm in Los Angeles, which is 9am in Sydney. Right at the edge of someone's day.
- How many hours do Los Angeles and Sydney overlap?
- 4 hours, from 2pm to 6pm Los Angeles time (9am–1pm in Sydney).
- Does daylight saving change the Los Angeles–Sydney gap?
- Yes. Over the next twelve months the difference changes 3 times: Sunday, March 14, 2027 (19 hours ahead of becomes 18 hours ahead of); Sunday, April 4, 2027 (18 hours ahead of becomes 17 hours ahead of); Sunday, October 3, 2027 (17 hours ahead of becomes 18 hours ahead of).
- Are there public holidays that affect Los Angeles–Sydney meetings?
- Yes. The next is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — a public holiday where Sydney is, but a normal working day in Los Angeles.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for Los Angeles
- Los Angeles ↔ Hong Kong1 hours of overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ Shanghai1 hours of overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ New York6 hours of overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ Toronto6 hours of overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ Tokyo2 hours of overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ Seoul2 hours of overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ São Paulo4 hours of overlap
- Los Angeles ↔ Melbourne4 hours of overlap
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved