Current Time in San Francisco, United States
San Francisco is in the America/Los Angeles time zone. The clock updates live every second and automatically follows daylight saving changes; the sun dial shows today's daylight and twilight, and the map shows where it is night.
Time in San Francisco
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UTC
Today's light in San Francisco
- Night
- Astronomical twilight
- Nautical twilight
- Civil twilight
- Golden hour
- Daylight
- Astronomical dawn
- 05:09
- Nautical dawn
- 05:39
- Civil dawn
- 06:11
- Sunrise
- 06:38
- Golden hour ends
- 07:15
- Solar noon
- 11:53
- Golden hour begins
- 16:30
- Sunset
- 17:07
- Civil dusk
- 17:35
- Nautical dusk
- 18:06
- Astronomical dusk
- 18:36
It was 8:30 AM on Wednesday, November 4, 2026 in San Francisco when this page was last updated. San Francisco is on PST (UTC-08:00), standard time. The clock above is live.
- Time zone
- America/Los Angeles
- UTC offset
- UTC-08:00
- Abbreviation
- PST
- Population
- 827,526
Daylight Saving Time in San Francisco
San Francisco observes daylight saving time and is currently on standard time. In 2026, the clocks change on:
- Sunday, March 8— clocks go forward one hour
- Sunday, November 1— clocks go back one hour
Cities in the same time zone
These places share San Francisco's local time (America/Los Angeles):
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