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Best World Cup 2026 Match Times for America/Los_Angeles

FIFA World Cup 2026 is a home tournament for the United States — and for West Coast fans in Los Angeles there is a remarkable story: not a single match falls at an unreasonable hour. Every one of the 104 games is watchable without setting an alarm clock or staying up past midnight.
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Prime Time
17:00–22:00
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Afternoon
13:00–16:00
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Morning
08:00–12:00
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Early Morning
05:00–07:00
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Late Night
23:00–04:00

Los Angeles is on PDT (UTC−7) throughout the tournament. Because the US broadcast schedule is designed around both East and West Coast audiences, the overnight UTC slots that ruin viewing for Europe actually land in perfect PDT evening time. Matches at 00:00–03:00 UTC become 17:00–20:00 PDT — pure prime time. Around 36 games fall here.

The afternoon window (13:00–16:00 PDT, i.e. 20:00–23:00 UTC) catches about 35 more matches — the East Coast late-evening slots. And roughly 33 additional games land as morning viewing (08:00–12:00 PDT), typically European afternoon kick-offs. Zero matches fall in the late-night or early-morning bucket.

SoFi Stadium in Inglewood and Levi's Stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area are the local host venues. SoFi Stadium is in the running to host the Final on 19 July — the biggest single match of the tournament. Use the knockout stage filter below to see when and where the Final and semi-finals are scheduled in Pacific time.