San Francisco to Sydney: time difference and best times to meet
Sydney is 19 hours ahead of San Francisco. Their working days overlap for 4 hours, from 2pm to 6pm in San Francisco (9am–1pm in Sydney). The best time to schedule is 2pm San Francisco time, which is 9am in Sydney.
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San Francisco 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 San Francisco 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 San Francisco day and the matching hour in Sydney. Adjust the working hours to match how your team actually works.
| San Francisco | Sydney | Suitable? |
|---|---|---|
| 9am | 4am | Working hours in San Francisco only |
| 10am | 5am | Working hours in San Francisco only |
| 11am | 6am | Working hours in San Francisco only |
| 12pm | 7am | Working hours in San Francisco only |
| 1pm | 8am | Working hours in San Francisco 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 San Francisco · 9am in Sydney — Right at the edge of someone's day
- 2. 3pm in San Francisco · 10am in Sydney — Comfortable mid-day slot on both sides
- 3. 4pm in San Francisco · 11am in Sydney — Comfortable mid-day slot on both sides
Avoid 9am San Francisco time and 10am San Francisco 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 San Francisco.
- Sunday, April 4, 2027 — Sydney goes from 18 hours ahead of to 17 hours ahead of San Francisco.
- Sunday, October 3, 2027 — Sydney goes from 17 hours ahead of to 18 hours ahead of San Francisco.
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, San Francisco is working.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2026 — Veterans Day — San Francisco is off, Sydney is working.
- Thursday, November 26, 2026 — Thanksgiving Day — San Francisco 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, San Francisco is working.
With 4 shared working hours, San Francisco 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 San Francisco and Sydney?
- Sydney is currently 19 hours ahead of San Francisco. 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 San Francisco and Sydney?
- 2pm in San Francisco, which is 9am in Sydney. Right at the edge of someone's day.
- How many hours do San Francisco and Sydney overlap?
- 4 hours, from 2pm to 6pm San Francisco time (9am–1pm in Sydney).
- Does daylight saving change the San Francisco–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 San Francisco–Sydney meetings?
- Yes. The next is Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — a public holiday where Sydney is, but a normal working day in San Francisco.
Nearby pairs
Other meeting-time pages for San Francisco
- San Francisco ↔ Hong Kong1 hours of overlap
- San Francisco ↔ Shanghai1 hours of overlap
- San Francisco ↔ New York6 hours of overlap
- San Francisco ↔ Toronto6 hours of overlap
- San Francisco ↔ Tokyo2 hours of overlap
- San Francisco ↔ Seoul2 hours of overlap
- San Francisco ↔ São Paulo4 hours of overlap
- San Francisco ↔ Melbourne4 hours of overlap
Sources
- 1.IANA. Time Zone Database
- 2.Nager.Date. Public holidays API · Retrieved