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Time Zone Converter

Compare time between any two cities in the world

Honolulu

HST (UTC−10)

5:28:48 PM

Los Angeles

PST (UTC−8)

8:28:48 PM

Los Angeles is +3 hours ahead of Honolulu

Same calendar day

Common Time Conversions

How Time Zone Conversion Works

Time zone conversion works by comparing the UTC offset of one location to another. Every city or region is measured relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which acts as the global reference point for civil time.

For example, Pacific Time is typically three hours behind Eastern Time, so a meeting at 9:00 AM in Los Angeles would be 12:00 PM in New York. The exact abbreviation may change during daylight saving time, but the relative difference between the two zones often stays the same.

TimeAtlas uses modern browser time zone data to help you compare cities accurately, reduce scheduling confusion, and quickly understand time differences for meetings, travel, and remote collaboration.

Key Capital Time Zones

Europe (GMT/UTC±0)

London (GMT), Lisbon (GMT)

Europe (CET/UTC+1)

Paris, Berlin, Rome, Madrid, Copenhagen

Europe (EET/UTC+2)

Helsinki, Athens, Kyiv, Sofia

Africa (UTC±0/UTC+1)

Accra (UTC±0), Lagos/Tunis (UTC+1)

Asia (UTC+3 to +9)

Moscow/Istanbul (UTC+3), Dubai (UTC+4), New Delhi (UTC+5:30), Bangkok (UTC+7), Beijing (UTC+8), Tokyo/Seoul (UTC+9)

North America (UTC-5 to -8)

Washington D.C. (EST/UTC-5), Mexico City (CST/UTC-6), New York City (EST/UTC-5), Ottawa (EST/UTC-5)

South America (UTC-3 to -5)

Brasilia (UTC-3), Santiago (UTC-4), Bogota (UTC-5)

Australia (UTC+10)

Canberra (AEST/UTC+10, varies with AEDT)

UTC — The Global Time Standard

UTC−12:00Baker Island, Howland Island
UTC−11:00Pago Pago
UTC−10:00Honolulu
UTC−08:00Los Angeles, Vancouver, San Francisco, Seattle
UTC−07:00Denver, Phoenix, Calgary
UTC−06:00Mexico City, Chicago, Houston, Winnipeg
UTC−05:00New York City, Toronto, Havana, Bogota, Lima
UTC−04:00Santiago, Santo Domingo, Manaus
UTC−03:00Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
UTC+00:00London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Reykjavik, Accra
UTC+01:00Paris, Berlin, Rome, Madrid, Warsaw, Lagos
UTC+02:00Cairo, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Kyiv, Athens
UTC+03:00Moscow, Dubai, Riyadh, Nairobi
UTC+05:00Karachi, Tashkent
UTC+05:30New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata
UTC+06:00Dhaka, Almaty
UTC+07:00Bangkok, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City
UTC+08:00Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Perth
UTC+09:00Tokyo, Seoul
UTC+10:00Sydney, Melbourne, Vladivostok
UTC+11:00Nouméa
UTC+12:00Auckland, Suva

Time Explained