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Boston and Los Angeles Time Difference

Boston is 3h ahead of Los Angeles

Boston

Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)

Sunday, July 5, 2026

United States · America/New_York · EDT

Los Angeles

Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)

Sunday, July 5, 2026

United States · America/Los_Angeles · PDT

Best time for work calls

If you are scheduling a call between Boston and Los Angeles, the overlap window is limited to typical business hours. When it is 12 pm in Boston it is 9 am in Los Angeles — a workable window for scheduling. The latest reasonable overlap is around 5 pm in Boston (2 pm in Los Angeles). Outside this window there is effectively no good overlap for regular office hours.

Best time for family calls

Boston and Los Angeles have a comfortable window for a family call — no awkward alarms required. Boston is 3 hours ahead of Los Angeles, which gives you 4 hours of genuine overlap when both sides are free. Aim for between 6 pm and 10 pm in Boston — that lands at 3 pm to 7 pm in Los Angeles, after the school run and before anyone's ready for bed. For a Sunday catch-up or a midweek check-in, this is the sweet spot.

Boston

  • Labour Day

    Sep 7in 64d
  • Columbus Day

    Oct 12in 99d
  • Columbus Day

    Oct 12in 99d

Daylight Cycle

🌅 Dawn4:40:09 AM
☀️ Sunrise5:14:31 AM
🌞 Solar Noon12:49:55 PM
🌇 Golden Hour7:42:59 PM
🌆 Sunset8:25:18 PM
🌃 Dusk8:59:40 PM
Day length15:10:46

Data via sunrisesunset.io

Current Weather

Condition
Temperature
Feels like
Humidity
Wind

Data via Open-Meteo · Updates every 30 min

Moon Phase

Phase🌖 Waning Gibbous
Illumination75%
CycleWaning
Moon age19.7 days
Moonrise23:02
Moonset10:52

Los Angeles

  • Labour Day

    Sep 7in 64d
  • Columbus Day

    Oct 12in 99d
  • Columbus Day

    Oct 12in 99d

Daylight Cycle

🌅 Dawn5:19:13 AM
☀️ Sunrise5:48:12 AM
🌞 Solar Noon12:58:40 PM
🌇 Golden Hour7:32:27 PM
🌆 Sunset8:09:09 PM
🌃 Dusk8:38:08 PM
Day length14:20:57

Data via sunrisesunset.io

Current Weather

Condition
Temperature
Feels like
Humidity
Wind

Data via Open-Meteo · Updates every 30 min

Moon Phase

Phase🌖 Waning Gibbous
Illumination75%
CycleWaning
Moon age19.7 days
Moonrise23:09
Moonset11:12

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