Los Angeles to Shanghai time
Shanghai is 15 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
Time difference between Los Angeles and Shanghai
Shanghai is 15 hours ahead of Los Angeles. Los Angeles is on Pacific Daylight Time (PDT (UTC−07:00)) and Shanghai is on China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
The gap is not constant. Because of daylight saving it varies from 15 hours to 16 hours over the year.
Convert Los Angeles time to Shanghai time
These examples use the current offsets, UTC−07:00 for Los Angeles and UTC+08:00 for Shanghai. Use the converter above for any other time or date.
Shanghai is ahead, so from 9:00 AM to midnight in Los Angeles it is already the next calendar day in Shanghai.
| Los Angeles time | Shanghai time |
|---|---|
| 6:00 AM | 10:00 PM |
| 9:00 AM | 1:00 AM (next day) |
| 12:00 PM | 4:00 AM (next day) |
| 3:00 PM | 7:00 AM (next day) |
| 6:00 PM | 10:00 AM (next day) |
| 9:00 PM | 1:00 PM (next day) |
Best time to call or meet: Los Angeles and Shanghai working hours
The standard 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM working days in Los Angeles and Shanghai do not overlap.
Between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM, both cities are awake from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM in Los Angeles (8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Shanghai), 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 Los Angeles and Shanghai
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).
Shanghai does not change its clocks for daylight saving, so its UTC offset stays the same all year.