Best Meeting Time: New York to Los Angeles
📍 Quick Answer
The best meeting window is 12:00 PM–6:00 PM New York time (9:00 AM–3:00 PM Los Angeles time), a 6-hour overlap during standard business hours.
Time difference: Los Angeles is 3 hours behind relative to New York. Note: offsets shown are standard time. Daylight saving time may shift these by ±1 hour seasonally.
New York (Standard)
UTC-5
America/New_York
Los Angeles (Standard)
UTC-8
America/Los_Angeles
🕐 Live Timezone Overlap: New York & Los Angeles
Business hours (9am–6pm)
Overlap window
Outside hours
Best Times to Meet: New York & Los Angeles
When scheduling between New York and Los Angeles, the sweet spot is 12:00 PM–6:00 PM New York time. During this 6-hour window, both cities are within their standard 9am–6pm business day.
From Los Angeles's perspective, that same window falls at 9:00 AM–3:00 PM. Scheduling around 3:00 PM New York time gives everyone a comfortable start or finish.
Working Hours Overlap Explained
New York operates on UTC-5 (standard time) and Los Angeles on UTC-8, a difference of 3 hours. Los Angeles is behind.
Assuming a 9am–6pm workday in both cities, the business hours overlap in UTC runs from 2:00 PM–11:00 PM for New York and 5:00 PM–2:00 AM for Los Angeles, giving a 6-hour common window. Always check for DST changes, as both cities may shift by an hour seasonally.
Tips for Scheduling Across Time Zones
- Rotate meeting times so no single person always gets the inconvenient slot.
- Send calendar invites in each person's local timezone to avoid confusion.
- Record meetings and share async updates via Loom for team members who can't attend live.
- Use Calendly to let Los Angeles-based contacts book a slot that works for both sides automatically.
- Set a personal "no-meetings" window at the start and end of your day to protect focus time.