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Current time in San Francisco

Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
UTC offset
UTC-8
Name
Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Daylight saving 2026
yes

Clock changes in 2026

  • March 8, 2:00 AM → 3:00 AM: clocks go forward 1 h (UTC-8 → UTC-7)
  • November 1, 2:00 AM → 1:00 AM: clocks go back 1 h (UTC-7 → UTC-8)

Next change: March 14, 2027 – clocks go forward 1 h (UTC-7).

Sun today

Sunrise
6:37 AM
Sunset
5:08 PM
Day length
10 h 31 min
Solar noon
11:53 AM

Civil dawn and dusk: 6:10 AM and 5:36 PM. Computed from the city’s coordinates (37.77, -122.42).

Time difference: San Francisco and other cities

CityNowDifference
London +8 8 h ahead
New York +3 3 h ahead
Los Angeles ±0 same time
Chicago +2 2 h ahead
Toronto +3 3 h ahead
Mexico City +2 2 h ahead
São Paulo +5 5 h ahead
Buenos Aires +5 5 h ahead
Paris +9 9 h ahead
Berlin +9 9 h ahead
Amsterdam +9 9 h ahead
Madrid +9 9 h ahead
Rome +9 9 h ahead
Warsaw +9 9 h ahead
Kyiv +10 10 h ahead
Moscow +11 11 h ahead
Istanbul +11 11 h ahead
Cairo +10 10 h ahead
Lagos +9 9 h ahead
Johannesburg +10 10 h ahead
Nairobi +11 11 h ahead
Dubai +12 12 h ahead
Mumbai +13:30 13 h 30 min ahead
New Delhi +13:30 13 h 30 min ahead
Bangkok +15 15 h ahead
Jakarta +15 15 h ahead
Singapore +16 16 h ahead
Hong Kong +16 16 h ahead
Beijing +16 16 h ahead
Shanghai +16 16 h ahead
Seoul +17 17 h ahead
Tokyo +17 17 h ahead
Sydney +19 19 h ahead
Auckland +21 21 h ahead
Honolulu −2 2 h behind

Plus – it is later there than here, minus – earlier. Plan a meeting with this city

Nearby cities

Same time zone: America/Los_Angeles

In short

San Francisco is in the America/Los_Angeles time zone of the IANA database. The current offset is UTC-8. Clocks here are 8 h behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). In 2026 the clocks change: standard time is UTC-8 and daylight saving time is UTC-7. Population: about 827,526 (GeoNames).