Time Difference Calculator

Enter any two cities to instantly see the time difference, live local clocks, an hour-by-hour conversion table, and the best window for scheduling calls across time zones.

Most Popular Time Comparisons

Below are the most frequently searched city pairs. Each page includes live clocks, a full hour-by-hour conversion table, DST impact notes, and scheduling advice.

Time Difference from New York

Time Difference from London

Time Difference from Los Angeles

Time Difference from Tokyo

Time Difference from Dubai

Time Difference from Singapore

Time Difference from Sydney

Time Difference from Hong Kong

Time Difference from Mumbai

Time Difference from Paris

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Accra

Addis Ababa

Adelaide

Amsterdam

Atlanta

Auckland

Berlin

Bogota

Boston

Brisbane

Buenos Aires

Cairo

Calgary

Cape Town

Casablanca

Chicago

Dallas

Denver

Doha

Dublin

Edmonton

Frankfurt

Honolulu

Houston

Istanbul

Johannesburg

Lagos

Lima

Melbourne

Mexico City

Miami

Montreal

Moscow

Nairobi

Nashville

Ottawa

Perth

Philadelphia

Phoenix

Portland

Riyadh

San Francisco

Santiago

Sao Paulo

Seattle

Seoul

Shanghai

Tel Aviv

Toronto

Vancouver

Washington DC

Zurich

How Time Differences Are Calculated

Every location on Earth is assigned a time zone defined as an offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time difference between two cities is simply the gap between their UTC offsets.

For example, New York operates on UTC-5 in winter and UTC-4 in summer, while London uses UTC+0 in winter and UTC+1 in summer. During winter the gap is 5 hours; during summer it stays at 5 hours because both shift. But during the brief windows when only one city has switched, the gap changes to 4 or 6 hours.

When Time Differences Change

Daylight saving time (DST) is the main reason time differences shift throughout the year. Countries that observe DST "spring forward" (gaining an hour of evening daylight) and "fall back" at different dates. During these transition weeks, the usual time difference between two cities can be off by one hour from what you expect.

Edge Cases: Unusual Offsets

Not all time zones follow whole-hour offsets. India uses UTC+5:30, Nepal uses UTC+5:45, and Iran uses UTC+3:30. When one city is on a half-hour offset, the time difference will include 30 or 45 minutes, making conversion less intuitive. Our calculator handles these automatically.

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