Current Time in San Francisco, United States
Time and Sun Facts for San Francisco
- Local time
- 2:25 pm
- Date
- Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Time zone
America/Los_Angeles- UTC offset
- UTC-7
- Daylight saving
- In effect now
- Next clock change
- 1 November 2026 — clocks go back
- Sunrise
- 7:26 am
- Sunset
- 6:20 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 54 minutes
- Coordinates
- 37.77, -122.42
How San Francisco Keeps Time
San Francisco keeps PDT, UTC-7. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for San Francisco; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.
San Francisco runs on the America/Los_Angeles zone in the IANA time zone database, which is UTC-7 right now. The clocks change twice a year here: UTC-8 on standard time and UTC-7 while daylight saving is in force. The next change is on 1 November 2026, when clocks go back one hour.
The sun rises in San Francisco at 7:26 am today and sets at 6:20 pm — 10 hours 54 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 12:53 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (37.77, -122.42), so they shift a little every day of the year.
On the two solstices, San Francisco has about 14 hours 47 minutes of daylight in June and 9 hours 33 minutes in December. The difference is about 5 hours 14 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.
At the current civil offset, San Francisco’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 1 hour 10 minutes between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 12:53 pm rather than 12:00 on the clock.
PDT is one of several zones in United States, so a time quoted for the country as a whole is not necessarily the time here. Check the city rather than the country when it matters.
San Francisco at a Glance
| Coordinates | 37.7700, -122.4200 |
|---|---|
| IANA time zone | America/Los_Angeles |
| Current UTC offset | UTC-7 |
| Daylight saving | Observed seasonally |
| Sunrise today | 7:26 am |
| Sunset today | 6:20 pm |
| Solar noon | 12:53 pm |
| Daylight today | 10 hours 54 minutes |
| Straight-line distance to Washington, D.C. | 3,918 km |
| Current clock difference vs Washington, D.C. | −3 hours |
How San Francisco Compares with Other Cities
Read the last column as the other city relative to San Francisco. Where either place uses daylight saving, the gap changes for part of the year — the time difference calculator always shows today’s figure.
| City | Local time | Compared with San Francisco |
|---|---|---|
| London | 10:25 pm | 8 hours ahead |
| New York | 5:25 pm | 3 hours ahead |
| Dubai | 1:25 am | 11 hours ahead |
| Karachi | 2:25 am | 12 hours ahead |
| Singapore | 5:25 am | 15 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | 6:25 am | 16 hours ahead |
| Sydney | 8:25 am | 18 hours ahead |
Nearby Listed Cities to San Francisco
Distances are straight-line geographic distances between the coordinates used by the directory; road or rail distances will be longer.
| City | Approx. distance | Local time |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose | 67 km | 2:25 pm |
| Sacramento | 121 km | 2:25 pm |
| Los Angeles | 559 km | 2:25 pm |
| Las Vegas | 671 km | 2:25 pm |
| San Diego | 737 km | 2:25 pm |
Other Cities in United States
United States keeps more than one zone, so these do not all read the same.
| City | Local time | Offset |
|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque | 3:25 pm | UTC-6 |
| Anchorage | 1:25 pm | UTC-8 |
| Atlanta | 5:25 pm | UTC-4 |
| Austin | 4:25 pm | UTC-5 |
| Boise | 3:25 pm | UTC-6 |
| Boston | 5:25 pm | UTC-4 |
| Charlotte | 5:25 pm | UTC-4 |
| Chicago | 4:25 pm | UTC-5 |
| Cleveland | 5:25 pm | UTC-4 |
| Columbus | 5:25 pm | UTC-4 |
| Dallas | 4:25 pm | UTC-5 |
| Denver | 3:25 pm | UTC-6 |
| Detroit | 5:25 pm | UTC-4 |
| Honolulu | 11:25 am | UTC-10 |
| Houston | 4:25 pm | UTC-5 |
| Indianapolis | 5:25 pm | UTC-4 |
| Jacksonville | 5:25 pm | UTC-4 |
| Kansas City | 4:25 pm | UTC-5 |
| Las Vegas | 2:25 pm | UTC-7 |
| Los Angeles | 2:25 pm | UTC-7 |
| Miami | 5:25 pm | UTC-4 |
| Minneapolis | 4:25 pm | UTC-5 |
| Nashville | 4:25 pm | UTC-5 |
| New Orleans | 4:25 pm | UTC-5 |
| New York | 5:25 pm | UTC-4 |
| Orlando | 5:25 pm | UTC-4 |
| Philadelphia | 5:25 pm | UTC-4 |
| Phoenix | 2:25 pm | UTC-7 |
| Pittsburgh | 5:25 pm | UTC-4 |
| Portland | 2:25 pm | UTC-7 |
| Sacramento | 2:25 pm | UTC-7 |
| Salt Lake City | 3:25 pm | UTC-6 |
| San Antonio | 4:25 pm | UTC-5 |
| San Diego | 2:25 pm | UTC-7 |
| San Jose | 2:25 pm | UTC-7 |
| Seattle | 2:25 pm | UTC-7 |
| St. Louis | 4:25 pm | UTC-5 |
| Tampa | 5:25 pm | UTC-4 |
| Washington, D.C. | 5:25 pm | UTC-4 |
Questions People Ask
When does San Francisco next change its clocks?
The next transition is 1 November 2026. Use America/Los_Angeles in calendar software instead of pinning an event to one fixed UTC offset.
Is San Francisco the time everywhere in United States?
No. United States currently has 6 distinct civil UTC offsets represented in the directory, so the country page separates the regions.
Why is solar noon in San Francisco far from 12:00?
The current civil offset and the city longitude do not place mean solar noon at twelve on the clock. Today the calculated solar noon is 12:53 pm.
More Clocks and Time Zones
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