Time in CaliforniaUnited States now
MondayDecember 222025
Sun: ↑ 07:08AM ↓ 04:47PM (9h 39m) - More info - Make California time default - Add to favorite locations
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Time zone info for California
UTC -8
Pacific Time (PT)
now 2 hours behind Minneapolis
now 2 hours behind Minneapolis
- From 8 March 2026: UTC -7 / Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
- The time in California is normally two hours behind the time in Minneapolis but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving timethe time in California can for a short while be 1 or 3 hours behind the time in Minneapolis.
- The IANA time zone identifier for California is America/Los_Angeles.
Sunday November 2 2025
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 8 2026
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 |
Sunrisesunsetday length and solar time for California
- Sunrise: 07:08AM
- Sunset: 04:47PM
- Day length: 9h 39m
- Solar noon: 11:58AM
- The current local time in California is 2 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
Annual average temperatures
for California 1895-2021
Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkinsusing data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.
Graphics by Ed Hawkinsusing data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.
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