Best time to meet between San Francisco and Paris

Paris is 9 hours ahead of San Francisco on 31 July 2026. Their standard working days do not overlap at all.

San Francisco
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Paris
UTC+2
Europe/Paris
Shared working hours
None
at 9:00–17:00 each

Participants

Best meeting slots

No time works for everyone on this day — the slots below are the fairest tradeoffs. Try another date or widening someone's hours.

Local timelines — Fri, Jul 31

Each row is one person's 24h day, aligned to the same instants. Times are labelled in each person's own timezone.

San Francisco
San Francisco
12am6am12pm6pm
Paris
Paris
12pm6pm12am6am
NightDawnMorningMiddayEveningLateEveryone freeOff-hours

Best meeting times

Ranked for Friday, 31 July 2026, assuming each person is available 9:00–17:00 in their own local time. Change the date or the hours in the planner above and the ranking updates live.

There is no window where every person is inside their working hours. Someone has to move. The slots below are ranked by how small and how evenly shared that compromise is.

# San Francisco Paris Tradeoff Fairness
1 8:30 AM Fri 5:30 PM Fri Early morning for San Francisco, evening for Paris Shared discomfort
2 8:00 AM Fri 5:00 PM Fri Early morning for San Francisco, evening for Paris Shared discomfort
3 9:00 AM Fri 6:00 PM Fri In hours for San Francisco, evening for Paris Shared discomfort
4 7:30 AM Fri 4:30 PM Fri Early morning for San Francisco, in hours for Paris Shared discomfort
5 9:30 AM Fri 6:30 PM Fri In hours for San Francisco, evening for Paris Shared discomfort

The full day, side by side

Each row is one person's Friday, in their own local time. Aligned vertically, so any column is the same moment everywhere.

San Francisco · United States America/Los_Angeles
12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM11 PM
Paris · France Europe/Paris
9 AM3 PM9 PM3 AM8 AM

Solid blocks are working hours; faded blocks are outside them. Colours follow the local time of day.

Daylight saving between San Francisco and Paris

The gap is not fixed: it moves between 8 hours and 9 hours across the year, because the two cities switch to daylight saving on different dates. A time that worked in March can be an hour off in April — the planner uses each city's IANA rules for the exact date you pick, so it stays correct through the switch.

Questions about San Francisco ↔ Paris meetings

What is the time difference between San Francisco and Paris?
On 31 July 2026 the gap is 9 hours, with Paris ahead of San Francisco. Across the year it moves between 8 hours and 9 hours because of daylight saving.
Do San Francisco and Paris have overlapping working hours?
No. With standard 9:00–17:00 hours on both sides there is no shared window, so one person has to take the call outside their normal day. The ranking on this page picks the option that costs the least and spreads it as evenly as possible.
Does this account for daylight saving?
The gap is not fixed: it moves between 8 hours and 9 hours across the year, because the two cities switch to daylight saving on different dates. A time that worked in March can be an hour off in April — the planner uses each city's IANA rules for the exact date you pick, so it stays correct through the switch.
Can I add more people or change the working hours?
Yes. The planner on this page starts with San Francisco and Paris on 9:00–17:00, and you can change either city's hours, pick a different date, or add up to eight participants. Nothing is sent to a server.

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