Los Angeles ↔ Shanghai time converter
Shanghai is 15 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
Type a time in either city — 4pm, 4:30 PM and 16:00 all work — or pick one from the ▾ menu, and the other city updates instantly. The clocks load showing the current time in Los Angeles, United States and Shanghai, China.
Los Angeles
United States
America/Los_Angeles
Shanghai
China
Asia/Shanghai
Business-hours overlap
Working day (9:00–17:00) in each city, drawn on Los Angeles's clock.
Los Angeles 9–17
Shanghai 9–17
Overlap
Zone details
- Los Angeles
- America/Los_Angeles
- Shanghai
- Asia/Shanghai
- Offset
- —
- DST
- Los Angeles observes daylight saving time while Shanghai does not, so the gap between the two cities changes twice a year.
For example, 4:00 PM in Los Angeles is 7:00 AM the next day in Shanghai, while 4:00 PM in Shanghai is 1:00 AM in Los Angeles.