What is the time difference between Sydney and Los Angeles?
Los Angeles is 17 hours behind Sydney. When it is 16:00 in Sydney, it is 23:00 in Los Angeles — and already Friday there while Sydney is still on Saturday. Sydney keeps UTC+10 and Los Angeles keeps UTC-7 at this moment.
| Right now in Sydney | 16:00, Saturday 12 September |
|---|---|
| Right now in Los Angeles | 23:00, Friday 11 September |
| Difference | 17 hours behind Sydney |
| Sydney offset | UTC+10 |
| Los Angeles offset | UTC-7 |
Because both cities can change their clocks on different dates, the gap between them is not always the same number of hours through the year. This page recalculates it from the live time-zone rules each time it is opened, so the figure above is the gap at this exact moment.