Time in San Francisco
The current offset in San Francisco is UTC-7 (PDT), on the America/Los_Angeles zone. Its clocks change 2 times in 2026.
San Francisco, United States
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Abbreviation
- PDT
- Standard offset
- UTC-8
- Daylight offset
- UTC-7
- Country
- United States (US)
- Coordinates
- 37.77, -122.42
Daylight saving time
Clocks in San Francisco change 2 times in 2026. The next changes:
- 2026-11-01 at 01:59Clocks go back 60 minutes (UTC-7 → UTC-8)
- 2027-03-14 at 01:59Clocks go forward 60 minutes (UTC-8 → UTC-7)
Sunrise and sunset
Computed from the city’s latitude and longitude with the NOAA solar position algorithm — no API, no network call.
- Sunrise
- 06:30
- Sunset
- 19:56
- Daylight
- 13 hours 26 minutes
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is San Francisco in?
- San Francisco uses the America/Los_Angeles time zone, currently UTC-7 (PDT). Use the IANA identifier rather than the abbreviation in code — abbreviations are ambiguous, and this one may mean something else somewhere else.
- Does San Francisco observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. San Francisco moves between UTC-8 in winter and UTC-7 in summer, changing 2 times in 2026.
- What is the difference between San Francisco and UTC?
- UTC-7 as of the last rebuild. It swings between UTC-8 and UTC-7 across the year.
- When does the sun rise and set in San Francisco?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 06:30 and sunset 19:56 local time, giving 13 hours 26 minutes of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.