Current Time in Seattle, United States
Time and Sun Facts for Seattle
- Local time
- 2:27 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
- 7:41 am
- Sunset
- 6:05 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 24 minutes
- Coordinates
- 47.61, -122.33
How Seattle Keeps Time
Seattle keeps PDT, UTC-7. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Seattle; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.
Seattle 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 Seattle at 7:41 am today and sets at 6:05 pm — 10 hours 24 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 12:53 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (47.61, -122.33), so they shift a little every day of the year.
On the two solstices, Seattle has about 15 hours 59 minutes of daylight in June and 8 hours 25 minutes in December. The difference is about 7 hours 34 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.
At the current civil offset, Seattle’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 1 hour 9 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.
Seattle at a Glance
| Coordinates | 47.6100, -122.3300 |
|---|---|
| IANA time zone | America/Los_Angeles |
| Current UTC offset | UTC-7 |
| Daylight saving | Observed seasonally |
| Sunrise today | 7:41 am |
| Sunset today | 6:05 pm |
| Solar noon | 12:53 pm |
| Daylight today | 10 hours 24 minutes |
| Straight-line distance to Washington, D.C. | 3,736 km |
| Current clock difference vs Washington, D.C. | −3 hours |
How Seattle Compares with Other Cities
Read the last column as the other city relative to Seattle. 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 Seattle |
|---|---|---|
| London | 10:27 pm | 8 hours ahead |
| New York | 5:27 pm | 3 hours ahead |
| Dubai | 1:27 am | 11 hours ahead |
| Karachi | 2:27 am | 12 hours ahead |
| Singapore | 5:27 am | 15 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | 6:27 am | 16 hours ahead |
| Sydney | 8:27 am | 18 hours ahead |
Nearby Listed Cities to Seattle
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Portland | 234 km | 2:27 pm |
| Boise | 651 km | 3:27 pm |
| Sacramento | 1,006 km | 2:27 pm |
| San Francisco | 1,094 km | 2:27 pm |
| Salt Lake City | 1,127 km | 3:27 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 | 3:27 pm | UTC-6 |
| Anchorage | 1:27 pm | UTC-8 |
| Atlanta | 5:27 pm | UTC-4 |
| Austin | 4:27 pm | UTC-5 |
| Boise | 3:27 pm | UTC-6 |
| Boston | 5:27 pm | UTC-4 |
| Charlotte | 5:27 pm | UTC-4 |
| Chicago | 4:27 pm | UTC-5 |
| Cleveland | 5:27 pm | UTC-4 |
| Columbus | 5:27 pm | UTC-4 |
| Dallas | 4:27 pm | UTC-5 |
| Denver | 3:27 pm | UTC-6 |
| Detroit | 5:27 pm | UTC-4 |
| Honolulu | 11:27 am | UTC-10 |
| Houston | 4:27 pm | UTC-5 |
| Indianapolis | 5:27 pm | UTC-4 |
| Jacksonville | 5:27 pm | UTC-4 |
| Kansas City | 4:27 pm | UTC-5 |
| Las Vegas | 2:27 pm | UTC-7 |
| Los Angeles | 2:27 pm | UTC-7 |
| Miami | 5:27 pm | UTC-4 |
| Minneapolis | 4:27 pm | UTC-5 |
| Nashville | 4:27 pm | UTC-5 |
| New Orleans | 4:27 pm | UTC-5 |
| New York | 5:27 pm | UTC-4 |
| Orlando | 5:27 pm | UTC-4 |
| Philadelphia | 5:27 pm | UTC-4 |
| Phoenix | 2:27 pm | UTC-7 |
| Pittsburgh | 5:27 pm | UTC-4 |
| Portland | 2:27 pm | UTC-7 |
| Sacramento | 2:27 pm | UTC-7 |
| Salt Lake City | 3:27 pm | UTC-6 |
| San Antonio | 4:27 pm | UTC-5 |
| San Diego | 2:27 pm | UTC-7 |
| San Francisco | 2:27 pm | UTC-7 |
| San Jose | 2:27 pm | UTC-7 |
| St. Louis | 4:27 pm | UTC-5 |
| Tampa | 5:27 pm | UTC-4 |
| Washington, D.C. | 5:27 pm | UTC-4 |
Questions People Ask
When does Seattle 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 Seattle 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 Seattle 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
the current time in Seattle, United States has its own page so it can be linked to directly. World Clock is the way in to everywhere else on the site.