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Time difference between Los Angeles and Berlin

Short answer

Berlin is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles. Right now it is 05:34 in Los Angeles (PDT, UTC−7) and 14:34 in Berlin (GMT+2, UTC+2).

Right now

Los Angeles · United States

05:34

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Pacific Daylight Time · PDT · UTC−7

Berlin · Germany

14:34

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Central European Summer Time · GMT+2 · UTC+2

Times at the moment this page was generated. Reload for a fresh reading.

Does the difference between Los Angeles and Berlin change during the year?

Yes. For 337 days of 2026 the difference is 9 hours, but it moves whenever Los Angeles or Berlin enters or leaves daylight saving time. Here is the full 2026 calendar (dates in UTC):

From	Until	Berlin vs Los Angeles
January 1	March 8	+9 h
March 8	March 29	+8 h
March 29	October 25	+9 h
October 25	November 1	+8 h
November 1	December 31	+9 h

The highlighted row is the current period. Every date comes from each zone's official rules, not from a hand-typed table.

Best time to call Berlin from Los Angeles (and vice versa)

With 9 hours between them there is no hour at which Los Angeles and Berlin are both inside a 9:00–17:00 working day. Teams split across these two cities usually alternate the sacrifice: one week the meeting lands early (7:00–8:00) in Los Angeles and late (18:00–19:00) in the other city, the next week the other way round. The Timezone Matcher grid shades exactly those compromise hours.

Los Angeles to Berlin conversion table

Each Los Angeles hour and its equivalent in Berlin today. Rows shaded green are working hours (9:00–17:00) in both cities at once.

Los Angeles time · Tue, Sep 15	Berlin time
00:00	09:00
01:00	10:00
02:00	11:00
03:00	12:00
04:00	13:00
05:00	14:00
06:00	15:00
07:00	16:00
08:00	17:00
09:00	18:00
10:00	19:00
11:00	20:00
12:00	21:00
13:00	22:00
14:00	23:00
15:00	00:00next day
16:00	01:00next day
17:00	02:00next day
18:00	03:00next day
19:00	04:00next day
20:00	05:00next day
21:00	06:00next day
22:00	07:00next day
23:00	08:00next day

Looking for it the other way round? This page covers both directions: Berlin to Los Angeles is the same difference with the sign flipped.

The two time zones

Los Angeles — America/Los_Angeles

Los Angeles runs on Pacific Time (PT): UTC−8 in winter (PST) and UTC−7 in summer (PDT). It is the clock of Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Seattle and the entire US West Coast.

Berlin — Europe/Berlin

Berlin is on Central European Time (CET, UTC+1) with summer time (CEST, UTC+2) between the last Sundays of March and October — the standard business clock of continental Europe.

Frequently asked questions

How many hours difference between Los Angeles and Berlin?

Berlin is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles. For most of the year (337 days) the difference is 9 hours; it shifts during the weeks when one of the two cities enters or leaves daylight saving time.

When it is 12:00 noon in Los Angeles, what time is it in Berlin?

21:00 in Berlin (at today's difference of 9 hours).

What is the best time for a meeting between Los Angeles and Berlin?

There is no overlap between the 9:00–17:00 working days of Los Angeles and Berlin. Teams usually alternate: an early-morning slot in Los Angeles lands in the late evening of the other city.

Do Los Angeles and Berlin observe daylight saving time?

Los Angeles: yes. Berlin: yes. Both change, but not necessarily on the same dates — see the transitions section on this page.

What time zone is Los Angeles in? And Berlin?

Los Angeles: Pacific Daylight Time (America/Los_Angeles, UTC−7). Berlin: Central European Summer Time (Europe/Berlin, UTC+2).

Tools

Meeting grid — add both cities and click a slot

Time zone converter — any city, any time

Working hours overlap calculator

Daylight saving time 2027 — all dates