Ho Chi Minh City is 14 to 15 hours ahead of Los Angeles, depending on the time of year. If you are both awake 7 am to 11 pm, a January weekday gives you 8 hours awake at the same time, and 2 hours of those are outside a 9-to-5 for both of you (in July: 8 hours shared, 4 hours free). Here are the good ones.
Ho Chi Minh City is 15 hours ahead of Los Angeles that week. On a weekday you are both awake for 8 hours, and 2 hours of those are outside work for both of you.
Worked out for the week of 11 January 2027 (11 Jan – 17 Jan), in Los Angeles time, with each zone’s own daylight-saving rules for those dates. Ho Chi Minh City awake 7 am – 11 pm, working 9 am – 5 pm weekdays; Los Angeles awake 7 am – 11 pm, working 9 am – 5 pm weekdays.
A weekday, in Los Angeles timeboth awake
Los Angelesawake 7 am – 11 pm
Ho Chi Minh Cityawake 7 – 8 am and 4 pm – 7 am Los Angeles time
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Best on a weekday
5 – 7 pm Los Angeles
8 – 10 am Ho Chi Minh City · Los Angeles early evening, Ho Chi Minh City morning (their next day) · during Ho Chi Minh City’s work hours
Another weekday option
9 – 11 pm Los Angeles
noon – 2 pm Ho Chi Minh City · Los Angeles evening, Ho Chi Minh City lunchtime (their next day) · during Ho Chi Minh City’s lunch break
The long weekend call
Sat 6 – 9 pm Los Angeles
Sun 9 am – noon Ho Chi Minh City · Los Angeles early evening, Ho Chi Minh City morning
The week · Los Angeles time, 11 Jan – 17 Jan
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Columns are Los Angeles hours; the small figure in each cell is the time in Ho Chi Minh City. both freeboth awake, one at workHo Chi Minh City asleep
The Ho Chi Minh City–Los Angeles gap through 2027
Dates
Difference
1 January – 13 March
Ho Chi Minh City is 15 hours ahead of Los Angeles
14 March – 6 November
Ho Chi Minh City is 14 hours ahead of Los Angeles
7 November – 31 December
Ho Chi Minh City is 15 hours ahead of Los Angeles
The week grid and call windows were worked out for 11 Jan to 17 Jan 2027 with the IANA time-zone rules for Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh (Ho Chi Minh City) and America/Los_Angeles (Los Angeles). That week Los Angeles is on standard time and Ho Chi Minh City keeps the same time all year. The table uses the same rules for every day of 2027. The finder above recalculates for the current week in your browser.
When it is … in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles
Ho Chi Minh City, January
Ho Chi Minh City, July
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midnight (next day)
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Wednesday times. Send times as “your 8 pm” or “my 8 pm” so nobody has to guess whose clock you mean.
Stop doing the math every day
The Long Goodbye keeps your person’s local time and time of day on your home-screen widget and lock screen, so you can see whether it is morning coffee or midnight in Ho Chi Minh City before you call. A “thinking of you” tap lights up their widget, and a countdown keeps the next visit in view.
What is the time difference between Ho Chi Minh City and Los Angeles?
Ho Chi Minh City is 14 to 15 hours ahead of Los Angeles, depending on the time of year. In 2027 it is 15 hours from 1 January to 13 March and from 7 November to 31 December; 14 hours from 14 March to 6 November.
What is the best time to call Ho Chi Minh City from Los Angeles?
In January, the easiest two hours on a weekday are 5 – 7 pm Los Angeles, which is 8 – 10 am Ho Chi Minh City: Los Angeles early evening, Ho Chi Minh City morning, the next day there, during Ho Chi Minh City’s work hours. At the weekend, Sat 6 – 9 pm Los Angeles (Sun 9 am – noon Ho Chi Minh City) gives you a longer call. Change the awake and work hours in the finder on this page to fit your own days.
How many waking hours do Ho Chi Minh City and Los Angeles share?
If both of you are awake from 7 am to 11 pm, you share 8 hours on a January weekday, and 2 hours of them fall outside 9-to-5 working hours in both places; in July it is 8 hours shared and 4 hours free.
Does daylight saving time change the call times?
Yes. In 2027 Los Angeles changes its clocks on 14 March and 7 November and Ho Chi Minh City does not change its clocks, so a call you keep at the same time in Los Angeles moves by an hour in Ho Chi Minh City on those dates. Check the table on this page and agree the new time out loud after each change.