Los Angeles is 3 hours behind New York all year. If you are both awake 7 am to 11 pm, a January weekday gives you 13 hours awake at the same time, and 3 hours of those are outside a 9-to-5 for both of you. Here are the good ones.
Los Angeles is 3 hours behind New York that week. On a weekday you are both awake for 13 hours, and 3 hours of those are outside work for both of you.
Worked out for the week of 11 January 2027 (11 Jan – 17 Jan), in New York time, with each zone’s own daylight-saving rules for those dates. Los Angeles awake 7 am – 11 pm, working 9 am – 5 pm weekdays; New York awake 7 am – 11 pm, working 9 am – 5 pm weekdays.
A weekday, in New York timeboth awake
New Yorkawake 7 am – 11 pm
Los Angelesawake 10 – 2 am New York time
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Best on a weekday
8 – 10 pm New York
5 – 7 pm Los Angeles · New York evening, Los Angeles early evening
Another weekday option
5 – 7 pm New York
2 – 4 pm Los Angeles · New York early evening, Los Angeles afternoon · during Los Angeles’s work hours
The long weekend call
Sat 7 – 10 pm New York
Sat 4 – 7 pm Los Angeles · New York evening, Los Angeles afternoon
The week · New York time, 11 Jan – 17 Jan
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Mon
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Tue
4a
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Wed
4a
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Thu
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Fri
4a
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Sat
4a
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Sun
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Columns are New York hours; the small figure in each cell is the time in Los Angeles. both freeboth awake, one at workLos Angeles asleep
The Los Angeles–New York gap through 2027
Dates
Difference
1 January – 31 December
Los Angeles is 3 hours behind New York
The week grid and call windows were worked out for 11 Jan to 17 Jan 2027 with the IANA time-zone rules for America/Los_Angeles (Los Angeles) and America/New_York (New York). That week both places are on standard time. 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 New York
In New York
In Los Angeles
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noon
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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 Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles and New York?
Los Angeles is 3 hours behind New York all through 2027, because both places change their clocks on the same dates.
What is the best time to call Los Angeles from New York?
In January, the easiest two hours on a weekday are 8 – 10 pm New York, which is 5 – 7 pm Los Angeles: New York evening, Los Angeles early evening. At the weekend, Sat 7 – 10 pm New York (Sat 4 – 7 pm Los Angeles) 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 Los Angeles and New York share?
If both of you are awake from 7 am to 11 pm, you share 13 hours on a January weekday, and 3 hours of them fall outside 9-to-5 working hours in both places.
Does daylight saving time change the call times?
No. New York changes its clocks on 14 March and 7 November and Los Angeles changes its clocks on 14 March and 7 November, so the gap stays at 3 hours all through 2027.