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Europe to the Americas time differences

Published 2026-08-04 · last checked 2026-08-04 · written and calculated in-house by timedatelive

Europe runs 5 to 8 hours ahead of North America and 4 to 5 hours ahead of South America. That makes this the easiest long-haul group on the site to schedule: the European afternoon meets the American morning, and most of these pairings share two to four working hours.

The short answer

Europe runs 5 to 8 hours ahead of North America and 4 to 5 hours ahead of South America. That makes this the easiest long-haul group on the site to schedule: the European afternoon meets the American morning, and most of these pairings share two to four working hours.

16 of the 27 have the same gap in January as in August, which is unusual here — it happens because both sides observe daylight saving and move in the same direction. But they do not move on the same dates, so for about three weeks in March and one week in late October the gap is an hour off the figure you would expect. That window does not show up in the table below, which is why it is worth saying in words.

PairGap on 4 August 2026Gap on 14 January 2026Shared working hours
Amsterdam to New York6 hours ahead6 hours ahead2 hours
Amsterdam to Toronto6 hours ahead6 hours ahead2 hours
Barcelona to New York6 hours ahead6 hours ahead2 hours
Barcelona to Toronto6 hours ahead6 hours ahead2 hours
Berlin to Buenos Aires5 hours ahead4 hours ahead3 hours
Berlin to Mexico City8 hours ahead7 hours aheadnone
Berlin to New York6 hours ahead6 hours ahead2 hours
Berlin to São Paulo5 hours ahead4 hours ahead3 hours
Berlin to Toronto6 hours ahead6 hours ahead2 hours
Buenos Aires to London4 hours behind3 hours behind4 hours
Buenos Aires to Paris5 hours behind4 hours behind3 hours
Istanbul to New York7 hours ahead8 hours ahead1 hour
Istanbul to Toronto7 hours ahead8 hours ahead1 hour
Lisbon to New York5 hours ahead5 hours ahead3 hours
Lisbon to Toronto5 hours ahead5 hours ahead3 hours
London to Mexico City7 hours ahead6 hours ahead1 hour
London to New York5 hours ahead5 hours ahead3 hours
London to São Paulo4 hours ahead3 hours ahead4 hours
London to Toronto5 hours ahead5 hours ahead3 hours
Madrid to New York6 hours ahead6 hours ahead2 hours
Madrid to Toronto6 hours ahead6 hours ahead2 hours
Mexico City to Paris8 hours behind7 hours behindnone
New York to Paris6 hours behind6 hours behind2 hours
New York to Rome6 hours behind6 hours behind2 hours
Paris to São Paulo5 hours ahead4 hours ahead3 hours
Paris to Toronto6 hours ahead6 hours ahead2 hours
Rome to Toronto6 hours ahead6 hours ahead2 hours

All 27 pairings in this group, both directions available. Gaps as at 4 August 2026 and 14 January 2026.

How this page was built. Offsets come from the IANA time zone database, read through Python's zoneinfo, for two reference instants: midday on 14 January 2026 and midday on 4 August 2026. Two instants are needed because 15 of the 34 cities move their clocks and 19 do not, so a single figure would be wrong for half the year. Gaps are the difference between the two cities' UTC offsets at the same instant. Shared working hours are the overlap of 09:00–17:00 local time in both cities on the same calendar day. Nothing here is estimated or rounded: every figure is recomputed from the tz database each time this page is rebuilt, and the date it was last checked is printed at the top. Full methodology.
The same pairs read the other way 27 pages

Each pairing has a page from each side. The table above links one direction; these link the other.

New York to AmsterdamToronto to AmsterdamNew York to BarcelonaToronto to BarcelonaBuenos Aires to BerlinMexico City to BerlinNew York to BerlinSão Paulo to BerlinToronto to BerlinLondon to Buenos AiresParis to Buenos AiresNew York to IstanbulToronto to IstanbulNew York to LisbonToronto to LisbonMexico City to LondonNew York to LondonSão Paulo to LondonToronto to LondonNew York to MadridToronto to MadridParis to Mexico CityParis to New YorkRome to New YorkSão Paulo to ParisToronto to ParisToronto to Rome

Common follow-up questions

Why do Europe and North America change clocks on different dates?

The EU and the UK move on the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October. The United States and Canada move on the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday in November. In 2026 that puts London and New York 4 hours apart from 8 to 28 March and again from 25 to 31 October, instead of the usual 5.

What is the best time for a Europe-Americas call?

Early afternoon in Europe against morning in the Americas. Most pairs here share between two and four working hours, listed in the table.