Johannesburg to Los Angeles time

Time difference between Johannesburg and Los Angeles

Los Angeles is 9 hours behind Johannesburg. Johannesburg is on South Africa Standard Time (UTC+02:00) and Los Angeles is on Pacific Daylight Time (PDT (UTC−07:00)).

The gap is not constant. Because of daylight saving it varies from 9 hours to 10 hours over the year.

Convert Johannesburg time to Los Angeles time

These examples use the current offsets, UTC+02:00 for Johannesburg and UTC−07:00 for Los Angeles. Use the converter above for any other time or date.

Los Angeles is behind, so from midnight to 9:00 AM in Johannesburg it is still the previous calendar day in Los Angeles.

Best time to call or meet: Johannesburg and Los Angeles working hours

The standard 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM working days in Johannesburg and Los Angeles do not overlap.

Between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM, both cities are awake from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM in Johannesburg (8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Los Angeles), which usually means an early start or a late finish for one side.

Weekends, public holidays and local working weeks differ by country, so check those before booking.

Daylight saving time in Johannesburg and Los Angeles

Johannesburg does not change its clocks for daylight saving, so its UTC offset stays the same all year.

Los Angeles observes daylight saving time. Its next change is on Nov 1, 2026 at 2:00 AM, when clocks go back 1 hour (UTC−07:00 to UTC−08:00).