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Time difference between Los Angeles and Hong Kong

Short answer

Hong Kong is 15 hours ahead of Los Angeles. Right now it is 05:36 in Los Angeles (PDT, UTC−7) and 20:36 in Hong Kong (GMT+8, UTC+8).

Right now

Los Angeles · United States

05:36

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Pacific Daylight Time · PDT · UTC−7

Hong Kong · Hong Kong

20:36

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Hong Kong Standard Time · GMT+8 · UTC+8

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

Does the difference between Los Angeles and Hong Kong change during the year?

Yes. For 238 days of 2026 the difference is 15 hours, but it moves whenever Los Angeles or Hong Kong enters or leaves daylight saving time. Here is the full 2026 calendar (dates in UTC):

From	Until	Hong Kong vs Los Angeles
January 1	March 8	+16 h
March 8	November 1	+15 h
November 1	December 31	+16 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 Hong Kong from Los Angeles (and vice versa)

With 15 hours between them there is no hour at which Los Angeles and Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong conversion table

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

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

Looking for it the other way round? This page covers both directions: Hong Kong 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.

Hong Kong — Asia/Hong_Kong

Hong Kong is on Hong Kong Time, a fixed UTC+8 shared with Shanghai, Singapore and Taipei — Asia's financial afternoon overlaps with Europe's early morning.

Frequently asked questions

How many hours difference between Los Angeles and Hong Kong?

Hong Kong is 15 hours ahead of Los Angeles. For most of the year (238 days) the difference is 15 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 Hong Kong?

03:00 in Hong Kong the next day (at today's difference of 15 hours).

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

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

Do Los Angeles and Hong Kong observe daylight saving time?

Los Angeles: yes. Hong Kong: no. Because only one of them changes its clocks, the difference moves by one hour twice a year.

What time zone is Los Angeles in? And Hong Kong?

Los Angeles: Pacific Daylight Time (America/Los_Angeles, UTC−7). Hong Kong: Hong Kong Standard Time (Asia/Hong_Kong, UTC+8).

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