Los Angeles – Madrid: the working hours you share
Madrid is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles. On a 09:00–18:00 working day their hours never touch — someone has to move.
- Difference+9 h
- Shared working hoursnone
- From Oct 25+8 h
The two days, side by side
Each row is one city's day in its own clock, from Los Angeles's midnight. The marked band is the working hour both of them are inside.
shared working hour at work awake asleep
Best times to meet
One-hour windows, ranked by how well they fit both working days.
| Los Angeles | Madrid | Window |
|---|---|---|
| 08:00 early | 17:00 at work | early |
| 10:00 at work | 19:00 late | late |
| 12:00 at work | 21:00 late | late |
Through the year: what daylight saving does
The difference is not one number. It changes 4 times in the next twelve months, because the two sides switch their clocks on different dates:
| From | to | Difference | Shared working hours | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 28, 2026 | October 24, 2026 | +9 h | none | — |
| October 25, 2026 | October 31, 2026 | +8 h | 1 h | 09:00–10:00 / 17:00–18:00 |
| November 1, 2026 | March 13, 2027 | +9 h | none | — |
| March 14, 2027 | March 27, 2027 | +8 h | 1 h | 09:00–10:00 / 17:00–18:00 |
| March 28, 2027 | October 1, 2027 | +9 h | none | — |
If you barely overlap
There is under an hour inside both working days, so a recurring call always costs one side. Alternate it instead of letting the same person pay every week:
| Week | Los Angeles | Madrid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 09:00 at work | 18:00 late | Los Angeles keeps working hours |
| Week 2 | 07:00 early | 16:00 at work | Madrid keeps working hours |
The board opens with both cities already added. Change either side's working hours and the answer follows.
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How this page is calculated
Offsets and daylight-saving rules come from the IANA time zone database through the standard Intl API — the same source the board uses, so nothing here is a hand-written offset table. Working hours are 09:00–18:00 local on both sides unless you change them on the board. City names and coordinates: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).
Computed on August 28, 2026 · America/Los_Angeles · Europe/Madrid · About