Denver to Los Angeles
Los Angeles is 1 hour behind relative to Denver, and this pair is unusual: the gap holds steady all year.
Reading your clock…
Denver hours converted to Los Angeles
As at Sunday, 13 September 2026. Use the converter above for any other day — and if the table of gaps says the difference changes, these numbers change with it.
| Denver | Los Angeles |
|---|---|
| 07:00 | 06:00 |
| 08:00 | 07:00 |
| 09:00 | 08:00 |
| 10:00 | 09:00 |
| 11:00 | 10:00 |
| 12:00 | 11:00 |
| 13:00 | 12:00 |
| 14:00 | 13:00 |
| 15:00 | 14:00 |
| 16:00 | 15:00 |
| 17:00 | 16:00 |
| 18:00 | 17:00 |
| 19:00 | 18:00 |
| 20:00 | 19:00 |
Denver
America/Denver
Changes clocks twice a year, between UTC-07:00 and UTC-06:00. Next change Sunday, 1 November 2026.
Los Angeles
America/Los Angeles
Changes clocks twice a year, between UTC-08:00 and UTC-07:00. Next change Sunday, 1 November 2026.
When Denver and Los Angeles can actually talk
On a standard 09:00–17:00 day in both cities, the working hours overlap for 7 hours. That window is 10:00–17:00 in Denver, which is 09:00–16:00 in Los Angeles.
That is comfortable: there is room for a recurring call without either side moving their day.
Calculated for Sunday, 13 September 2026. Because the gap holds steady all year, this window is the same whenever you check it.
Questions
Denver and Los Angeles, explained
What is the time difference between Denver and Los Angeles?
Los Angeles is 1 hour behind relative to Denver, and this pair is unusual in that the gap does not change during the year.
Why does the difference between Denver and Los Angeles change?
It does not. Both cities observe daylight saving, but they change on the same dates and by the same amount, so the gap between them is preserved.
Does this account for daylight saving automatically?
Yes. Offsets come from your device's own copy of the IANA time zone database through the browser's Intl API, so they reflect whatever rules are current rather than a table bundled here that could go stale. Pick any date in the converter and it resolves that date's rules, not today's.