Los Angeles vs Seoul
Time difference between Los Angeles and Seoul: +16 hours. Compare live clocks, DST changes, and meeting times.
Seoul is on UTC+09:00 year-round; Los Angeles sits on Pacific Time. The difference is 16 or 17 hours depending on US DST — a full inversion of the workday. Korean mornings land on the previous US calendar evening; Hollywood/tech stand-ups with Seoul usually pick 08:00 in LA, which is 00:00 or 01:00 in Korea, or they give up on overlap.
Los Angeles
-07:00
Seoul
+09:00
- +16 hours
- When it is 09:00 in Los Angeles, it is 01:00 in Seoul.
- Daylight saving
- This gap can change when daylight saving starts or ends on either side. Recheck near transition weekends.
Working hours overlap
Los Angeles and Seoul have no overlap in a standard 09:00–17:00 working day. One side has to move outside normal hours, so agree in advance which one it will be.
Los Angeles to Seoul: hour by hour
Every hour of today in Los Angeles and the matching local time in Seoul. Highlighted rows fall inside working hours in both cities.
| Los Angeles | Seoul |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 16:00 (previous day) |
| 01:00 | 17:00 (previous day) |
| 02:00 | 18:00 (previous day) |
| 03:00 | 19:00 (previous day) |
| 04:00 | 20:00 (previous day) |
| 05:00 | 21:00 (previous day) |
| 06:00 | 22:00 (previous day) |
| 07:00 | 23:00 (previous day) |
| 08:00 | 00:00 |
| 09:00 | 01:00 |
| 10:00 | 02:00 |
| 11:00 | 03:00 |
| 12:00 | 04:00 |
| 13:00 | 05:00 |
| 14:00 | 06:00 |
| 15:00 | 07:00 |
| 16:00 | 08:00 |
| 17:00 | 09:00 |
| 18:00 | 10:00 |
| 19:00 | 11:00 |
| 20:00 | 12:00 |
| 21:00 | 13:00 |
| 22:00 | 14:00 |
| 23:00 | 15:00 |
Working hours in both cities
When this gap changes
Los Angeles changes its clocks on Sunday, 1 November 2026; Seoul does not change on that date, so the gap between the two shifts by an hour until both sides have transitioned.
Popular time differences
Los Angeles and Seoul: common questions
- What is the time difference between Los Angeles and Seoul?
- The current difference is +16 hours. When it is 09:00 in Los Angeles, it is 01:00 in Seoul.
- When can Los Angeles and Seoul meet?
- Los Angeles and Seoul have no overlap in a standard 09:00–17:00 working day. One side has to move outside normal hours, so agree in advance which one it will be.
- Does the difference change during the year?
- It can. Whenever one city changes its clocks and the other does not, the gap moves by an hour until both have transitioned. Los Angeles changes its clocks on Sunday, 1 November 2026; Seoul does not change on that date, so the gap between the two shifts by an hour until both sides have transitioned.