Los Angeles ↔ Washington DC time converter
Washington DC is 3 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 Washington DC, United States.
Los Angeles
United States
America/Los_Angeles
Washington DC
United States
America/New_York
Business-hours overlap
Working day (9:00–17:00) in each city, drawn on Los Angeles's clock.
Los Angeles 9–17
Washington DC 9–17
Overlap
Zone details
- Los Angeles
- America/Los_Angeles
- Washington DC
- America/New_York
- Offset
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- DST
- Both Los Angeles and Washington DC observe daylight saving time, so the gap between them can shift for a few weeks around the spring and autumn transitions.
For example, 4:00 PM in Los Angeles is 7:00 PM in Washington DC, while 4:00 PM in Washington DC is 1:00 PM in Los Angeles.