Los Angeles to Sydney
Sydney is 17 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles
United States
Day
Difference
Sydney
Australia
Day
Hour-by-hour conversion
Every hour of the day in Los Angeles with its equivalent in Sydney. Green rows fall inside business hours for both.
About the Los Angeles-Sydney gap
Los Angeles sits in the America/Los_Angeles time zone (PDT), while Sydney uses Australia/Sydney (UTC+10). That puts Sydney 17 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 Sydney.
Los Angeles and Sydney, questions
- What is the time difference between Los Angeles and Sydney?
- Sydney is 17 hours ahead of Los Angeles. Los Angeles is currently on PDT and Sydney on UTC+10.
- What is the best time to call Sydney 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 Sydney 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.