Time difference between Beijing and Los Angeles

See the current local time in Beijing and Los Angeles side by side. The difference updates live and automatically accounts for daylight saving time.

When it is 12:00 noon in Beijing, the clock in Los Angeles shows 21:00 on the previous day. Business hours (9:00–17:00) in the two cities do not overlap — one side has to take the call early in the morning or late in the evening. As the crow flies, the two cities are about 10,060 km (6,250 mi) apart — roughly 12.5 h nonstop by plane.