When can I ring Ho Chi Minh City from Los Angeles?
The hours you are both awake, a good time to ring, and how the gap moves through the year. Worked out from the time-zone database.
Right now
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Waking hours
We assume people are up from 7:00 to 22:00, and that 9:00 to 21:00 is a fair time for a call. Change it if they keep other hours.
Through the year
We assume you are up from 7:00 to 22:00 and that 9:00 to 21:00 is a fair time for them to take a call. Change the hours in the tool above if they keep others.
13 November 2026 to 14 March 2027
Ho Chi Minh City is 15 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
Good time to ring: 18:00 to 22:00, your time (9:00 to 13:00 in Ho Chi Minh City).
14 March 2027 to 7 November 2027
Ho Chi Minh City is 14 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
Good time to ring: 19:00 to 22:00, your time (9:00 to 12:00 in Ho Chi Minh City).
7 November 2027 to 30 December 2027
Ho Chi Minh City is 15 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
Good time to ring: 18:00 to 22:00, your time (9:00 to 13:00 in Ho Chi Minh City).
When the clocks change
Los Angeles: clocks go forward 1 hour on Sunday 14 March 2027, at 2:00 local time.
Los Angeles: clocks go back 1 hour on Sunday 7 November 2027, at 2:00 local time.
Ho Chi Minh City does not change its clocks in this period.
Ho Chi Minh City last changed its clocks on 13 June 1975.
Time zones: Los Angeles uses America/Los_Angeles and Ho Chi Minh City uses Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh in the IANA time-zone database, version 2026f. Dates are worked out from it; a government can change its clocks at short notice.
