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Houston and Los Angeles Time Difference

Houston is 2h ahead of Los Angeles

Houston

Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)

Sunday, July 5, 2026

United States · America/Chicago · CDT

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 Houston and Los Angeles, the overlap window is limited to typical business hours. When it is 11 am in Houston it is 9 am in Los Angeles — a workable window for scheduling. The latest reasonable overlap is around 5 pm in Houston (3 pm in Los Angeles). Outside this window there is effectively no good overlap for regular office hours.

Best time for family calls

Houston and Los Angeles have a comfortable window for a family call — no awkward alarms required. Houston is 2 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 Houston — that lands at 4 pm to 8 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.

Houston

  • Labour Day

    Sep 7in 64d
  • Columbus Day

    Oct 12in 99d
  • Columbus Day

    Oct 12in 99d

Daylight Cycle

🌅 Dawn6:00:08 AM
☀️ Sunrise6:27:18 AM
🌞 Solar Noon1:27:10 PM
🌇 Golden Hour7:52:18 PM
🌆 Sunset8:27:02 PM
🌃 Dusk8:54:11 PM
Day length13:59:43

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
Illumination74%
CycleWaning
Moon age19.8 days
Moonrise23:34
Moonset11:38

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
Illumination74%
CycleWaning
Moon age19.8 days
Moonrise23:09
Moonset11:12

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