Time difference between Los Angeles and Shanghai
Los Angeles is 15 h behind Shanghai.
See the current local time in Los Angeles and Shanghai side by side. The difference updates live and automatically accounts for daylight saving time.
When it is 12:00 noon in Los Angeles, the clock in Shanghai shows 03:00 on the next 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 10,440 km (6,490 mi) apart — roughly 13 h nonstop by plane.