Los Angeles to Sydney Time

Los Angeles to Sydney conversion chart

Every full hour of Wednesday, October 14, 2026 in Los Angeles, and the time in Sydney. Pick another date in the converter and the chart follows.

Daylight saving time in Los Angeles and Sydney

• Los Angeles: Pacific Time, PST (UTC−8) in winter and PDT (UTC−7) in summer. Clocks go forward at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March and back at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in November, a schedule set by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
• Sydney: Australian Eastern Time, AEST (UTC+10) in winter and AEDT (UTC+11) in summer. Clocks go forward at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in October and back at 3:00 AM on the first Sunday in April, the dates New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT share, while Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory do not change their clocks.

Los Angeles and Sydney switch in opposite seasons. 2026: Los Angeles forward on March 8, Sydney back on April 5, Sydney forward on October 4 and Los Angeles back on November 1. 2027: Los Angeles forward on March 14, Sydney back on April 4, Sydney forward on October 3 and Los Angeles back on November 7.

In 2026, Los Angeles's switch forward on March 8 narrows the gap from 19 hours to 18 hours, and its switch back on November 1 widens the gap from 18 hours to 19 hours.

In 2026, Sydney's switch back on April 5 narrows the gap from 18 hours to 17 hours, and its switch forward on October 4 widens the gap from 17 hours to 18 hours.

Across 2026 and 2027 the gap takes 3 values, 17 hours, 19 hours, 18 hours, because Los Angeles and Sydney switch in opposite seasons. 17 hours is the most common, on 50% of the days; the other 366 days are highlighted:

• From January 1 to March 7, 2026, Los Angeles is on PST (UTC−8) and Sydney is on AEDT (UTC+11), so Sydney is 19 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
• 28 days with Los Angeles on PDT but Sydney still on AEDT: March 8 to April 4, 2026. In that stretch Sydney is 18 hours ahead of Los Angeles. A 9 AM start in Los Angeles is then 3:00 AM the next day in Sydney, not 2:00 AM the next day.
• Sydney moves to AEDT on October 4, 2026, and Los Angeles only follows on November 1. For the 28 days in between, Sydney is 18 hours ahead of Los Angeles. A 9 AM start in Los Angeles is then 3:00 AM the next day in Sydney, not 2:00 AM the next day.
• From November 1 to March 13, 2027, Los Angeles is on PST (UTC−8) and Sydney is on AEDT (UTC+11), so Sydney is 19 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
• Los Angeles moves to PDT on March 14, 2027, and Sydney only follows on April 4. For the 21 days in between, Sydney is 18 hours ahead of Los Angeles. A 9 AM start in Los Angeles is then 3:00 AM the next day in Sydney, not 2:00 AM the next day.
• From October 3 to November 6, 2027, Sydney is already on AEDT (UTC+11) and Los Angeles is still on PDT (UTC−7). That makes 35 days on which Sydney is 18 hours ahead of Los Angeles. 9 AM in Los Angeles becomes 3:00 AM the next day in Sydney for those days, an hour off the usual 2:00 AM the next day.
• From November 7 to December 31, 2027, Los Angeles is on PST (UTC−8) and Sydney is on AEDT (UTC+11), so Sydney is 19 hours ahead of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles to Sydney hour by hour

The table lists 6 AM to 11 PM on a Los Angeles clock with the Sydney time for each gap, 17 hours ahead, 19 hours ahead, 18 hours ahead. Highlighted: the 1 hour when Los Angeles and Sydney are both inside 9 AM to 5 PM, with a gap of 17 hours.

Office hours and the best time to meet

With a 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM workday on both sides, for each gap of the year:

• 17 hours apart (PDT with AEST), 182 days of 2026: 1 hour of shared office time: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM in Los Angeles is 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM the next day in Sydney. A one-hour call fits if it starts by 4:00 PM Los Angeles time (9:00 AM the next day for Sydney).
• 19 hours apart (PST with AEDT), 127 days of 2026: 3 hours of shared office time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM in Los Angeles is 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM the next day in Sydney. Starting at 4:00 PM in Los Angeles, which is 11:00 AM the next day in Sydney, is the last chance for a full hour.
• 18 hours apart (PDT with AEDT), 56 days of 2026: 2 hours of shared office time: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM in Los Angeles is 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM the next day in Sydney. The latest start for a one-hour meeting is 4:00 PM in Los Angeles, 10:00 AM the next day in Sydney.

The workweek in Los Angeles and Sydney

For a Monday to Friday week with 9-to-5 office hours in both cities:

Los Angeles is still at 4:00 PM on Sunday when Sydney opens on Monday at 9:00 AM, and Sydney has reached Saturday 10:00 AM by the time Los Angeles closes on Friday at 5:00 PM. Because the shared hours fall on different calendar days, Sydney's Monday morning meets Los Angeles's Sunday, and Los Angeles's Friday afternoon meets Sydney's Saturday. Only 4 weekdays share office time, 4 hours a week with the usual gap of 17 hours.

From 7:00 AM until midnight in Los Angeles, it is already the next day in Sydney. That is 17 hours out of every 24.

A rule of thumb: to add 17 hours, subtract 7 hours and move one day forward. 8:00 PM in Los Angeles becomes 1:00 PM the next day in Sydney.

Los Angeles and Sydney against UTC

Measured from UTC, Los Angeles sits at UTC−8 in January and UTC−7 in July 2026; Sydney at UTC+11 in January and UTC+10 in July.

In the IANA time zone database, Los Angeles is America/Los_Angeles and Sydney is Australia/Sydney; your browser converts with that data.

Comparing more than two places? Add as many cities as you need in the time zone converter, or find a slot that works for everyone with the meeting planner. For timestamps from logs or APIs, the Unix timestamp converter turns them into readable dates.

Sources

The clock change rules above come from these pages. The dates, the gap table, the hour table and the office hours are computed from them and checked against the time zone data at build time.

• NIST: Daylight Saving Time rules
• timeanddate.com: Daylight Saving Time in the United States
• NSW Government: Daylight saving
• timeanddate.com: Daylight Saving Time in Australia
• IANA: Time Zone Database

More city pairs

• London to New York
• New York to London
• London to Dubai
• Dubai to London
• London to Sydney
• Sydney to London
• London to Tokyo
• Tokyo to London
• London to Los Angeles
• Los Angeles to London
• New York to Tokyo
• Tokyo to New York
• New York to Los Angeles
• Los Angeles to New York
• New York to Sydney
• Sydney to New York
• New York to Dubai
• Dubai to New York
• Los Angeles to Sydney
• Sydney to Los Angeles
• London to Singapore
• London to Hong Kong
• London to Mumbai
• London to Johannesburg
• London to Toronto
• London to Paris
• New York to Singapore
• New York to Hong Kong
• New York to Mumbai
• New York to Paris
• New York to Toronto
• New York to Mexico City
• New York to São Paulo
• Los Angeles to Tokyo
• Chicago to London
• Tokyo to Sydney
• Sydney to Auckland
• Singapore to Sydney
• Dubai to Mumbai
• Madrid to Mexico City

Built by Tobias Kurth, designer. Updated October 14, 2026.

Frequently asked questions