Los Angeles to Edinburgh
Edinburgh is 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles
United States
Day
Difference
Edinburgh
Scotland, UK
Day
Hour-by-hour conversion
Every hour of the day in Los Angeles with its equivalent in Edinburgh. Green rows fall inside business hours for both.
About the Los Angeles-Edinburgh gap
Los Angeles sits in the America/Los_Angeles time zone (PDT), while Edinburgh uses Europe/London (BST). That puts Edinburgh 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles right now.
Standard working hours in these two cities do not overlap at all, so any live meeting requires someone to move outside 09:00-17:00. The table above marks the hours when both parties are at least likely to be awake.
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See also current time in Los Angeles and current time in Edinburgh.
Los Angeles and Edinburgh, questions
- What is the time difference between Los Angeles and Edinburgh?
- Edinburgh is 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles. Los Angeles is currently on PDT and Edinburgh on BST.
- What is the best time to call Edinburgh from Los Angeles?
- There is no overlap between standard 09:00-17:00 working hours in these two cities. The most workable compromise is usually early morning in Los Angeles or late evening, see the hour-by-hour table above for the times when both parties are at least awake.
- Is the difference between Los Angeles and Edinburgh always the same?
- The gap is mostly stable, but if both cities observe daylight saving they may not switch on the same date, there are usually a few weeks each spring and autumn when the difference shifts by an hour.