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Time difference between Los Angeles and Istanbul

Short answer

Istanbul is 10 hours ahead of Los Angeles. Right now it is 05:36 in Los Angeles (PDT, UTC−7) and 15:36 in Istanbul (GMT+3, UTC+3).

Right now

Los Angeles · United States

05:36

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Pacific Daylight Time · PDT · UTC−7

Istanbul · Turkey

15:36

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Türkiye Standard Time · GMT+3 · UTC+3

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

Yes. For 238 days of 2026 the difference is 10 hours, but it moves whenever Los Angeles or Istanbul enters or leaves daylight saving time. Here is the full 2026 calendar (dates in UTC):

From	Until	Istanbul vs Los Angeles
January 1	March 8	+11 h
March 8	November 1	+10 h
November 1	December 31	+11 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 Istanbul from Los Angeles (and vice versa)

With 10 hours between them there is no hour at which Los Angeles and Istanbul 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 Istanbul conversion table

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

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

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

Istanbul — Europe/Istanbul

Istanbul has stayed on UTC+3 all year since 2016, so it matches Moscow and Riyadh and is 2 hours ahead of Central Europe in winter but only 1 in summer.

Frequently asked questions

How many hours difference between Los Angeles and Istanbul?

Istanbul is 10 hours ahead of Los Angeles. For most of the year (238 days) the difference is 10 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 Istanbul?

22:00 in Istanbul (at today's difference of 10 hours).

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

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

Do Los Angeles and Istanbul observe daylight saving time?

Los Angeles: yes. Istanbul: 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 Istanbul?

Los Angeles: Pacific Daylight Time (America/Los_Angeles, UTC−7). Istanbul: Türkiye Standard Time (Europe/Istanbul, UTC+3).

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