Time-zone overlap for couples

Paris to Los Angeles call times

Paris is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles for most of the 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. Here are the good ones.

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Paris is 9 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. Paris 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

Parisawake 7 am – 2 pm and 10 pm – 7 am Los Angeles time

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Best on a weekday

8 – 10 am Los Angeles

5 – 7 pm Paris · Los Angeles morning, Paris early evening · during Los Angeles’s work hours

Another weekday option

noon – 2 pm Los Angeles

9 – 11 pm Paris · Los Angeles lunchtime, Paris evening · during Los Angeles’s lunch break

The long weekend call

Sat 9 am – noon Los Angeles

Sat 6 – 9 pm Paris · Los Angeles morning, Paris early evening

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 Paris. both free both awake, one at work Paris asleep

The Paris–Los Angeles gap through 2027

Dates	Difference
1 January – 13 March	Paris is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles
14 March – 27 March	Paris is 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles
28 March – 30 October	Paris is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles
31 October – 6 November	Paris is 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles
7 November – 31 December	Paris is 9 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 Europe/Paris (Paris) and America/Los_Angeles (Los Angeles). 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 Los Angeles

In Los Angeles	In Paris
7 am	4 pm
9 am	6 pm
11 am	8 pm
1 pm	10 pm
3 pm	midnight (next day)
5 pm	2 am (next day)
7 pm	4 am (next day)
9 pm	6 am (next day)

Wednesday times. Send times as “your 8 pm” or “my 8 pm” so nobody has to guess whose clock you mean.

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Questions

What is the time difference between Paris and Los Angeles?

Paris is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles for most of the year. Because the two places change their clocks on different dates, the gap is 8 hours from 14 March to 27 March and from 31 October to 6 November 2027.

What is the best time to call Paris from Los Angeles?

In January, the easiest two hours on a weekday are 8 – 10 am Los Angeles, which is 5 – 7 pm Paris: Los Angeles morning, Paris early evening, during Los Angeles’s work hours. At the weekend, Sat 9 am – noon Los Angeles (Sat 6 – 9 pm Paris) 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 Paris 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.

Does daylight saving time change the call times?

Yes. In 2027 Los Angeles changes its clocks on 14 March and 7 November and Paris changes its clocks on 28 March and 31 October, so a call you keep at the same time in Los Angeles moves by an hour in Paris on those dates. Check the table on this page and agree the new time out loud after each change.

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