What Time Is It in Sydney Right Now?
Los Angeles is 17 hours behind
Time difference: Los Angeles and Sydney
Los Angeles is 17 hours behind Sydney. When it's noon in Los Angeles, it's 05:00 in Sydney.
Los Angeles is in the America/Los_Angeles timezone. Sydney is in the Australia/Sydney timezone. The difference is 17 hours.
Working hours overlap
There is no business hours overlap between Los Angeles and Sydney during standard working hours (9:00–17:00). Meetings would require one party to work outside normal hours.
Best times to schedule a meeting
No business hours overlap exists between Los Angeles and Sydney. Showing the most balanced options with minimal inconvenience for both cities.
Based on standard 09:00–17:00 working hours in each city's local time.
Public holidays this year
⚡ Both cities have upcoming holidays — check availability before scheduling.
Scheduling between Los Angeles and Sydney
Coordinating between Los Angeles (USA) and Sydney (Australia) means working around a 17-hour time difference, with Sydney ahead. Since standard business hours don't naturally overlap, meetings usually require one side to shift slightly outside their normal working day.
💡 Practical scheduling guidelines
If you are in Los Angeles, aim for 16:00–17:00, which corresponds to 09:00–10:00 in Sydney — both teams are within working hours.
Since there is no natural overlap, the options above represent the most balanced compromise — minimizing out-of-hours inconvenience for both sides.
Avoid scheduling mistakes — especially around daylight saving changes. Use the ClockinSync Chrome Extension to instantly verify and compare both time zones directly in your browser, without manual calculations.
Install ClockinSync Free →Use the time slider above to find the exact equivalent time for any moment in Los Angeles. The input bar accepts natural language like “3pm”, “15:30”, or “9am Rome” for instant conversions.
Los Angeles ↔ Sydney
1 hour of business hours overlap daily (09:00–17:00)
Working hours: 09:00–17:00 local time. Green = both cities working. Purple = one city only.