Shanghai to Los Angeles time
Los Angeles is 15 hours behind Shanghai.
Time difference between Shanghai and Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 15 hours behind Shanghai. Shanghai is on China Standard Time (UTC+08:00) and Los Angeles is on Pacific Daylight Time (PDT (UTC−07:00)).
The gap is not constant. Because of daylight saving it varies from 15 hours to 16 hours over the year.
Convert Shanghai time to Los Angeles time
These examples use the current offsets, UTC+08:00 for Shanghai 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 3:00 PM in Shanghai it is still the previous calendar day in Los Angeles.
| Shanghai time | Los Angeles time |
|---|---|
| 6:00 AM | 3:00 PM (previous day) |
| 9:00 AM | 6:00 PM (previous day) |
| 12:00 PM | 9:00 PM (previous day) |
| 3:00 PM | 12:00 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 2:00 AM |
| 9:00 PM | 5:00 AM |
Best time to call or meet: Shanghai and Los Angeles working hours
The standard 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM working days in Shanghai and Los Angeles do not overlap.
Between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM, both cities are awake from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Shanghai (5:00 PM to 8:00 PM 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 Shanghai and Los Angeles
Shanghai 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).