§ 01US · North America

Los Angeles

United States

Los Angeles runs on US Pacific Time, UTC−8 in winter and UTC−7 under daylight saving. It is three hours behind New York, a gap that shapes coast-to-coast business and the entertainment industry’s broadcast schedules. Markets here track the East Coast open at 06:30 local.

Los Angeles · 1 Hz pulse
§ 02Day & business hours
Solar arc · UTC12h 00m of light
13:4319:4301:44
Sunrise
13:43 UTC
Solar noon
19:43 UTC
Sunset
01:44 UTC

Computed via NOAA solar equations for today's date. Local clock times shown below convert the UTC arc into America/Los_Angeles.

Local solar times
Sunrise
06:43
Solar noon
12:43
Sunset
18:44
Day length
12h 00m
Conventional business hours
09:00—17:00

Approximate local convention; individual organisations vary significantly.

§ 03Conditions · live

Current
weather.

Live reading from Apple Weather, cached one hour at the edge. Temperature in °C, wind in km/h.

Conditions · liveDaylight
+30°C

Cloudy

Feels like
29°
Wind
14 km/h SW
Humidity
36%
Pressure
1,010 mb
UV index · 3Visibility · 52 km
Weather · Apple Weather
§ 04Time zone & daylight saving

The facts, computed.

Read live from the IANA time-zone database — never hand-typed, so it can't go stale.

Time zone
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
UTC offset
UTC−07:00
IANA identifier
America/Los_Angeles
Daylight saving (2026)
Yes. In 2026, clocks go forward around March 8 and back around November 1.
§ 05Time difference from major cities
London−8 h
New York−3 h
Tokyo−16 h
Dubai−11 h
Singapore−15 h
Sydney−17 h

Hours are Los Angeles's current offset relative to each city, daylight saving included.

§ 06Frequently asked
What time zone is Los Angeles in?
Los Angeles is in the Pacific Daylight Time zone (PDT), currently UTC−07:00.
Does Los Angeles observe daylight saving time?
Yes. In 2026, clocks go forward around March 8 and back around November 1.
What is Los Angeles's UTC offset right now?
Los Angeles is currently UTC−07:00 (PDT).
What is the time difference between Los Angeles and London?
Los Angeles is 8 hours behind London right now.