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Time in California, United States now

10:43:13PM

Monday, 4 November, 2024, week 45

California switched to standard time at 02:00AM on Sunday, 3 November. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 06:26AM ↓ 04:59PM (10h 33m) - More info - Make California time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for California

UTC -8

Pacific Time (PT)
now 3 hours behind New York

From 9 March 2025: UTC -7 / Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
The time in California is normally 3 hours behind the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in California can for a short while be 2 or 4 hours behind the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for California is America/Los_Angeles.

Sunday November 3 2024

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -8 / Pacific Standard Time (PST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Sunday March 9 2025

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -7 / Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from California

Los Angeles	0
Chicago	+2 hours
New York	+3 hours
Toronto	+3 hours
São Paulo	+5 hours
London	+8 hours
UTC	+8 hours
Lagos	+9 hours
Paris	+9 hours
Zurich	+9 hours
Cairo	+10 hours
Johannesburg	+10 hours
Istanbul	+11 hours
Moscow	+11 hours
Dubai	+12 hours
Mumbai	+13.5 hours
Hong Kong	+16 hours
Shanghai	+16 hours
Singapore	+16 hours
Tokyo	+17 hours
Sydney	+19 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for California

Sunrise: 06:26AM
Sunset: 04:59PM
Day length: 10h 33m
Solar noon: 11:43AM
The current local time in California is 17 minutes behind apparent solar time.

California on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 37.25. Longitude: -119.75
Population: 39,512,000
Elevation: 470 m

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Annual average temperatures
for California 1895-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.