Time difference between Los Angeles and Tokyo

• Usual difference

  +16 h

  Tokyo ahead, 232 of the next 365 days

• Through the year

  +16 h to +17 h

  Tokyo relative to Los Angeles

• Working hours overlap

  None

  09:00–17:00 never overlaps

• Straight-line distance

  8,820 km

  5,480 mi between city centres

How the difference changes over the next 12 months

Positive values mean Tokyo is ahead of Los Angeles.

When the clocks change

Hour by hour (+16 h)

At the usual difference. Arrival time = departure time in Los Angeles + flight time + 16 hours. On dates with a different gap, shift every row by the change.

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What the data shows

• Over the next 12 months the gap is 16 hours for 232 days, 17 hours for 133 days, because only Los Angeles changes its clocks.

  How we calculated this: Days per distinct difference across the period.

• At the usual difference, 09:00–17:00 working days in Los Angeles and Tokyo do not overlap at all; waking hours (07:00–23:00) overlap 15:00–23:00 Los Angeles time.

  How we calculated this: Intersection of 09:00–17:00 (and 07:00–23:00) local in both places at the typical difference.

• Tokyo is more than 12 hours ahead, so the same clock change can be reached the other way round: 8 hours later on the body clock.

  How we calculated this: Equivalent shortest shift of a clock difference larger than 12 hours (24 h minus the difference).

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These places keep exactly the same clocks over the period, so every number above applies to them too.

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