Singapore & Los Angeles Time Difference
🕐 Live Timezone Overlap: Singapore & Los Angeles
Singapore and Los Angeles sit 15 hours apart, which means their standard 9am to 6pm working days do not overlap at all. There is no shared in-hours window. Every meeting between the two cities requires at least one team to work outside normal hours. Singapore's multinational APAC offices keep to a firm 9am to 6pm norm, while LA's media and tech offices often run later, starting around 10am Pacific. That later LA pattern is the only practical lever available when scheduling across this gap.
Time Difference: Singapore and Los Angeles
Los Angeles is currently 15 hours behind Singapore. The live offsets are Singapore UTC+8 and Los Angeles UTC-7. Singapore does not observe daylight saving and Los Angeles observes daylight saving, so the offset shifts twice a year if both sides aren't already aligned.
Singapore holds a fixed UTC+8 offset year-round and does not observe DST. Los Angeles runs on Pacific Time, currently UTC-7 during Daylight Saving Time, reverting to UTC-8 in standard time. The gap is therefore 15 hours now and widens to 16 hours when Los Angeles returns to standard time on the first Sunday in November. Singapore stays constant; the shift is entirely on the LA side, following US federal DST rules. Check the current offset before sending any calendar invite.
Best Times to Meet
With zero in-hours overlap, every call demands a compromise. The least disruptive slot is typically 8am to 9am Los Angeles time, which lands at 11pm to midnight in Singapore. Singapore participants take the late hit; LA participants start before the formal 9am opening. Alternatively, an LA end-of-day slot around 5pm to 6pm Pacific corresponds to 8am to 9am the following morning in Singapore, catching Singapore at the start of its working day. Note that LA Friday afternoons are often quiet, so avoid scheduling the Singapore morning slot on a Friday.
Working Hours Overlap Explained
Singapore operates on Asia/Singapore (currently UTC+8). Los Angeles operates on America/Los_Angeles (currently UTC-7). The table below maps a standard 9:00 AM–6:00 PM day in Singapore to Los Angeles's local time.
| Singapore time | Los Angeles time | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 6:00 PM | Los Angeles wrapping up |
| 10:00 AM | 7:00 PM | Los Angeles outside hours |
| 11:00 AM | 8:00 PM | Los Angeles outside hours |
| 12:00 PM | 9:00 PM | Los Angeles outside hours |
| 1:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Los Angeles outside hours |
| 2:00 PM | 11:00 PM | Los Angeles outside hours |
| 3:00 PM | 12:00 AM | Los Angeles outside hours |
| 4:00 PM | 1:00 AM | Los Angeles outside hours |
| 5:00 PM | 2:00 AM | Los Angeles outside hours |
| 6:00 PM | 3:00 AM | Los Angeles outside hours |
Tips for Scheduling Across Singapore and Los Angeles
- Book the Singapore morning slot, around 8am to 9am Singapore time, which falls late evening the prior day in Los Angeles.
- When Los Angeles returns to UTC-8 in November, the gap widens to 16 hours; update recurring invites immediately after the US changeover.
- Avoid scheduling into LA Friday afternoons; Hollywood production schedules and wider office culture often see early departures on Fridays.
- During Chinese New Year, block out at least a week in Singapore, not just the two official public holidays, to account for extended absences.
- LA media and tech teams frequently start at 10am Pacific, so an LA 10am slot is a more realistic ask than a 9am one for that audience.
Public Holidays and Working Weeks
Both cities observe a standard Monday to Friday working week with hours from 9am to 6pm. Singapore's next notable public holidays are Chinese New Year in January or February, a two-day break that often extends with additional absences, National Day on 9 August, and Deepavali in October or November. Los Angeles observes Independence Day on 4 July, Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November, and Christmas Day on 25 December. Cross-city meetings should be checked against both calendars, particularly around Chinese New Year, when Singapore absences can run longer than the official two days.