The Best Time to Schedule Global Meetings (With Real Examples)
Meeting Tips7 min readMarch 5, 2026

The Best Time to Schedule Global Meetings (With Real Examples)

Finding a meeting time that works for New York, London, and Singapore is genuinely hard. Here's a practical framework — plus the exact overlap windows for the most common city combinations.

Priya Nair
Remote Work Consultant

The Global Meeting Problem

When it's 9 AM in New York, it's 2 PM in London, 7 PM in Dubai, and 10 PM in Singapore.

Key Overlap Windows

  • NY + London: 9 AM-1 PM EST
  • NY + LA: 12 PM-5 PM EST
  • NY + Singapore: 8-9 AM EST only

The Rotation Principle

When there's no good overlap, rotate the inconvenience fairly between teams.

Async-First

For teams spanning more than 12 time zones, go async-first with recorded videos and shared documents.

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