ET
EXACT TIME NOW

San Francisco and Los Angeles Time Difference

Same time

San Francisco

Exact time synced with atomic clocks (IANA + NTP)

Sunday, July 5, 2026

United States · America/Los_Angeles · PDT

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 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

  • Labour Day

    Sep 7in 64d
  • Columbus Day

    Oct 12in 99d
  • Columbus Day

    Oct 12in 99d

Daylight Cycle

🌅 Dawn5:23:35 AM
☀️ Sunrise5:54:36 AM
🌞 Solar Noon1:15:23 PM
🌇 Golden Hour7:57:17 PM
🌆 Sunset8:36:09 PM
🌃 Dusk9:07:10 PM
Day length14:41:33

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
Moonrise23:29
Moonset11:28

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

Other times compared to San Francisco