San Francisco – Sydney: the working hours you share
Sydney is 17 hours ahead of San Francisco. On a 09:00–18:00 working day they share 2 hours: 16:00–18:00 in San Francisco, 09:00–11:00 in Sydney.
- Difference+17 h
- Shared working hours2 h
- From Oct 4+18 h
The two days, side by side
Each row is one city's day in its own clock, from San Francisco'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.
| San Francisco | Sydney | Window |
|---|---|---|
| 16:00 at work | 09:00 next day at work | shared working hour |
| 18:00 late | 11:00 next day at work | late |
| 14:00 at work | 07:00 next day early | early |
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 3, 2026 | +17 h | 2 h | 16:00–18:00 / 09:00–11:00 |
| October 4, 2026 | October 31, 2026 | +18 h | 3 h | 15:00–18:00 / 09:00–12:00 |
| November 1, 2026 | March 13, 2027 | +19 h | 4 h | 14:00–18:00 / 09:00–13:00 |
| March 14, 2027 | April 3, 2027 | +18 h | 3 h | 15:00–18:00 / 09:00–12:00 |
| April 4, 2027 | October 1, 2027 | +17 h | 2 h | 16:00–18:00 / 09:00–11:00 |
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 · Australia/Sydney · About