Sydney to Los Angeles Time

Sydney to Los Angeles conversion chart

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

Time difference over the year

The gap between Sydney and Los Angeles for the next 12 months, with clock changes on both sides taken into account:

• Oct 13, 2026 to Oct 31, 2026: Los Angeles is 18 hours behind Sydney
• Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 13, 2027: Los Angeles is 19 hours behind Sydney
• Mar 14, 2027 to Apr 3, 2027: Los Angeles is 18 hours behind Sydney
• Apr 4, 2027 to Oct 2, 2027: Los Angeles is 17 hours behind Sydney
• Oct 3, 2027 to Oct 12, 2027: Los Angeles is 18 hours behind Sydney

Daylight saving time in Sydney and Los Angeles

Sydney turns the clocks forward from AEST to AEDT 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. In 2026 the changes fall on April 5 and October 4, in 2027 on April 4 and October 3.

Los Angeles turns the clocks forward from PST to PDT 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. In 2026 the changes fall on March 8 and November 1, in 2027 on March 14 and November 7.

The gap takes 3 values across 2026 and 2027: 19 hours, 18 hours, 17 hours. 17 hours holds on most days; the highlighted rows are the 366 days with another gap, because one side has changed its clocks and the other has not:

Office hours that overlap

With a 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM workday in both cities, this is the shared window for each gap of the year:

• 19 hours apart (AEDT with PST), 127 days of 2026: No shared office time. When Sydney starts work at 9:00 AM, it is 2:00 PM the day before in Los Angeles; when Los Angeles starts at 9:00 AM, it is 4:00 AM the next day in Sydney.
• 18 hours apart (AEDT with PDT), 56 days of 2026: No shared office time. When Sydney starts work at 9:00 AM, it is 3:00 PM the day before in Los Angeles; when Los Angeles starts at 9:00 AM, it is 3:00 AM the next day in Sydney.
• 17 hours apart (AEST with PDT), 182 days of 2026: No shared office time. When Sydney starts work at 9:00 AM, it is 4:00 PM the day before in Los Angeles; when Los Angeles starts at 9:00 AM, it is 2:00 AM the next day in Sydney.

Which time zones Sydney and Los Angeles use

Sydney is on Australian Eastern Time (AEST in winter, AEDT in summer), which is used in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT with daylight saving, and in Queensland without it. Los Angeles is on Pacific Time (PST in winter, PDT in summer), used in California, Washington state and most of Oregon and Nevada.

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 and the office hours are computed from them and checked against the time zone data at build time.

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

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Built by Tobias Kurth, designer. Updated October 13, 2026.

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