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San Francisco and Los Angeles Time Difference

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San Francisco

Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

United States · America/Los_Angeles · PDT

Los Angeles

Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

United States · America/Los_Angeles · PDT

Best time for work calls

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

Best time for family calls

San Francisco and Los Angeles have a comfortable window for a family call — no awkward alarms required. San Francisco and Los Angeles are in the same time zone, which gives you 3 hours of genuine overlap when both sides are free. Aim for between 6 pm and 9 pm in San Francisco — that lands at 6 pm to 9 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.

San Francisco

  • Memorial Day

    May 25in 5d
  • Juneteenth National Independence Day

    Jun 19in 30d
  • Independence Day

    Jul 3in 44d

Daylight Cycle

🌅 Dawn5:26:47 AM
☀️ Sunrise5:56:39 AM
🌞 Solar Noon1:07:38 PM
🌇 Golden Hour7:40:53 PM
🌆 Sunset8:18:38 PM
🌃 Dusk8:48:30 PM
Day length14:21:59

Data via sunrisesunset.io

Current Weather

Condition☀️ Clear sky
Temperature18°C
Feels like15°C
Humidity54%
Wind13 mph W

Data via Open-Meteo · Updates every 30 min

Moon Phase

Phase🌒 Waxing Crescent
Illumination24%
CycleWaxing
Moon age4.8 days
Moonrise10:43
Moonset00:50

Los Angeles

  • Memorial Day

    May 25in 5d
  • Juneteenth National Independence Day

    Jun 19in 30d
  • Independence Day

    Jul 3in 44d

Daylight Cycle

🌅 Dawn5:19:34 AM
☀️ Sunrise5:47:39 AM
🌞 Solar Noon12:50:56 PM
🌇 Golden Hour7:18:26 PM
🌆 Sunset7:54:14 PM
🌃 Dusk8:22:19 PM
Day length14:06:34

Data via sunrisesunset.io

Current Weather

Condition☀️ Clear sky
Temperature24°C
Feels like21°C
Humidity37%
Wind9 mph W

Data via Open-Meteo · Updates every 30 min

Moon Phase

Phase🌒 Waxing Crescent
Illumination24%
CycleWaxing
Moon age4.8 days
Moonrise10:35
Moonset00:21

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