California to Australia Time Converter
Live clocks, hourly reference table, and best meeting times for Los Angeles and Sydney.
24-Hour Comparison Timeline
Green = working hours · Yellow = early/late · Red = night
Time difference & DST
Sydney sits 18 hours ahead of California during Australian daylight time, dropping to 17 hours when Sydney is on AEST and California is also on daylight saving. Effectively, the two regions live a full day apart on the calendar.
The two regions observe DST on opposite calendars — Australia's summer runs October–April while California's runs March–November. That creates four different offset regimes across the year (13, 15, 17, or 18 hours depending on the month).
Best time to schedule a call
The workable window is a California afternoon / Australia morning bridge: 3:00 PM PST is roughly 10:00 AM the next day in Sydney (AEDT), giving both sides a genuine business-hours conversation.
24-hour reference table
Hour-by-hour mapping for today's date. Values update automatically as daylight-saving transitions occur.
| California (Los Angeles) | Australia (Sydney) |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 05:00 PM |
| 01:00 AM | 06:00 PM |
| 02:00 AM | 07:00 PM |
| 03:00 AM | 08:00 PM |
| 04:00 AM | 09:00 PM |
| 05:00 AM | 10:00 PM |
| 06:00 AM | 11:00 PM |
| 07:00 AM | 12:00 AM(Sun, Jul 5) |
| 08:00 AM | 01:00 AM(Sun, Jul 5) |
| 09:00 AM | 02:00 AM(Sun, Jul 5) |
| 10:00 AM | 03:00 AM(Sun, Jul 5) |
| 11:00 AM | 04:00 AM(Sun, Jul 5) |
| 12:00 PM | 05:00 AM(Sun, Jul 5) |
| 01:00 PM | 06:00 AM(Sun, Jul 5) |
| 02:00 PM | 07:00 AM(Sun, Jul 5) |
| 03:00 PM | 08:00 AM(Sun, Jul 5) |
| 04:00 PM | 09:00 AM(Sun, Jul 5) |
| 05:00 PM | 10:00 AM(Sun, Jul 5) |
| 06:00 PM | 11:00 AM(Sun, Jul 5) |
| 07:00 PM | 12:00 PM(Sun, Jul 5) |
| 08:00 PM | 01:00 PM(Sun, Jul 5) |
| 09:00 PM | 02:00 PM(Sun, Jul 5) |
| 10:00 PM | 03:00 PM(Sun, Jul 5) |
| 11:00 PM | 04:00 PM(Sun, Jul 5) |
Frequently asked questions
What is the time difference between California and Australia?+
Sydney is between 17 and 18 hours ahead of California depending on which side of the year each region is in relative to daylight saving.
Do California and Australia both observe daylight saving time?+
Yes, but on opposite calendars — Sydney's DST runs October–April, California's runs March–November.
When is a good meeting time between LA and Sydney?+
3:00 PM in Los Angeles is close to 10:00 AM the next day in Sydney (AEDT), which is one of the few slots both sides can commit to.