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Time difference between Los Angeles and Tokyo

Short answer

Tokyo is 16 hours ahead of Los Angeles. Right now it is 05:35 in Los Angeles (PDT, UTC−7) and 21:35 in Tokyo (GMT+9, UTC+9).

Right now

Los Angeles · United States

05:35

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Pacific Daylight Time · PDT · UTC−7

Tokyo · Japan

21:35

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Japan Standard Time · GMT+9 · UTC+9

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

Yes. For 238 days of 2026 the difference is 16 hours, but it moves whenever Los Angeles or Tokyo enters or leaves daylight saving time. Here is the full 2026 calendar (dates in UTC):

From	Until	Tokyo vs Los Angeles
January 1	March 8	+17 h
March 8	November 1	+16 h
November 1	December 31	+17 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 Tokyo from Los Angeles (and vice versa)

With 16 hours between them there is no hour at which Los Angeles and Tokyo 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 Tokyo conversion table

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

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

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

Tokyo — Asia/Tokyo

Tokyo keeps Japan Standard Time (JST), a fixed UTC+9 with no daylight saving. Japan and South Korea share the offset, so Tokyo and Seoul are always on the same clock.

Frequently asked questions

How many hours difference between Los Angeles and Tokyo?

Tokyo is 16 hours ahead of Los Angeles. For most of the year (238 days) the difference is 16 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 Tokyo?

04:00 in Tokyo the next day (at today's difference of 16 hours).

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

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

Do Los Angeles and Tokyo observe daylight saving time?

Los Angeles: yes. Tokyo: 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 Tokyo?

Los Angeles: Pacific Daylight Time (America/Los_Angeles, UTC−7). Tokyo: Japan Standard Time (Asia/Tokyo, UTC+9).

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