Meeting time

Best time to meet: Tel Aviv and Houston

Tel Aviv is 8 hours ahead of Houston right now, so their working days do not overlap. The time that asks least of both is 4:30 PM in Tel Aviv, which is 8:30 AM in Houston — one of you starts early or stays late.

Tue 5:58 PMTel Aviv · Israel Standard TimeTue 9:58 AMHouston · Central Standard Time
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Hour by hour

With the clocks as they are on November 10, 2026, Tel Aviv time on the left. A working day here is 9 AM to 5 PM.

Tel AvivHouston
6 AM10 PM day beforeBoth off
7 AM11 PM day beforeBoth off
8 AM12 AMBoth off
9 AM1 AMTel Aviv at work
10 AM2 AMTel Aviv at work
11 AM3 AMTel Aviv at work
12 PM4 AMTel Aviv at work
1 PM5 AMTel Aviv at work
2 PM6 AMTel Aviv at work
3 PM7 AMTel Aviv at work
4 PM8 AMTel Aviv at work
5 PM9 AMHouston at work
6 PM10 AMHouston at work
7 PM11 AMHouston at work
8 PM12 PMHouston at work
9 PM1 PMHouston at work
10 PM2 PMHouston at work

When the clocks change

The gap moves when either city changes its clocks. The next twelve months:

DatesTel Aviv isBoth at work (Tel Aviv time)Easiest (Tel Aviv / Houston)
Now to March 14, 20278 hours aheadNone4:30 PM / 8:30 AM
March 14, 2027 to March 26, 2027
clocks in Houston go forward		7 hours ahead4 PM–5 PM (1 hour)4 PM / 9 AM
March 26, 2027 to October 31, 2027
clocks in Tel Aviv go forward		8 hours aheadNone4:30 PM / 8:30 AM
October 31, 2027 to November 7, 2027
clocks in Tel Aviv go back		7 hours ahead4 PM–5 PM (1 hour)4 PM / 9 AM
November 7, 2027 onward
clocks in Houston go back		8 hours aheadNone4:30 PM / 8:30 AM

Houston keeps the same clock as Chicago.

Which days work

Tel Aviv works Sunday to Thursday and Houston works Monday to Friday, so the days both are at work are Monday to Thursday. A Friday call lands on Tel Aviv's weekend, and a Sunday one on Houston's.

Questions people ask

What time is it in Houston when it is 9 AM in Tel Aviv?
1 AM in Houston, while Tel Aviv is 8 hours ahead.
When is the best time for a call between Tel Aviv and Houston?
4:30 PM in Tel Aviv, which is 8:30 AM in Houston. Their working days do not overlap, so this is the fairest time for both.
Does the time difference between Tel Aviv and Houston change during the year?
Yes — it changes 4 times in the next twelve months, when the clocks go forward or back; the dates are in the table above.

More cities

New York and Tel Aviv1 hour of shared working day · meet at 9 AM New York timeLondon and Tel Aviv6 hours of shared working day · meet at 11:30 AM London timeSan Francisco and Tel AvivNo shared working hours · fairest at 7:30 AM San Francisco timeBangalore and Tel Aviv4 hours 30 minutes of shared working day · meet at 1:30 PM Bangalore timeSingapore and Tel Aviv2 hours of shared working day · meet at 4 PM Singapore timeLos Angeles and Tel AvivNo shared working hours · fairest at 7:30 AM Los Angeles timeNew York and Houston7 hours of shared working day · meet at 11 AM New York timeLondon and Houston2 hours of shared working day · meet at 4 PM London timeSydney and Tel AvivNo shared working hours · fairest at 5 PM Sydney timeTokyo and Tel Aviv1 hour of shared working day · meet at 4 PM Tokyo timeBerlin and Tel Aviv7 hours of shared working day · meet at 10 AM Berlin timeChicago and Tel AvivNo shared working hours · fairest at 8:30 AM Chicago time

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