Current Time in San Francisco

About time in San Francisco

San Francisco keeps Pacific Time, the clock used along the US West Coast. The city observes Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8) in winter and Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7) in summer, switching on the standard national dates. As the heart of the Bay Area and Silicon Valley, San Francisco sits three hours behind New York, a gap that shapes how tech companies schedule calls with East Coast and overseas partners. When it is 9 a.m. in San Francisco, it is already noon in New York.

San Francisco changes its clocks for daylight saving time, so its exact UTC offset depends on the season (UTC-8 (UTC-7 in summer)). The live clock above reads San Francisco's local time directly from the IANA time zone database in your browser, using the rules installed on your device. Keep your browser updated when regional rules change. To plan a call or convert a specific moment, use the timezone converter or meeting planner linked below.

Daylight in San Francisco through 2026

San Francisco sits at about 37.8°N, 122.4°W. The longest day of 2026 is June 18, with 14h 47m between sunrise and sunset. The shortest is December 17, with 9h 33m, a difference of 5 h 14 min. At this mid-latitude, winter evenings are dark early and summer evenings stay light well after a normal working day.

The earliest sunrise of the year comes around June 7 (05:47) and the latest sunset around June 22 (20:35). These are not exactly on the solstice because the sun’s position runs slightly ahead of or behind clock time during the year.

Solar noon, when the sun is highest, falls at about 13:16 local time in late March, 13:11 in late June and 12:07 in late December. In standard time the sun is highest at about 12:10 on average, close to 12:00, so the clock and the sun are well aligned in San Francisco. During daylight saving time everything moves an hour later on the clock.

Local clock times, including daylight saving where it applies. Calculated with the standard sunrise equation for the city centre; terrain and tall buildings can delay the visible sunrise.

Clock changes in San Francisco (2026–2027)

San Francisco changes its clocks twice in 2026. On a change night, the local time skips or repeats a block of time, and the gap to other cities shifts unless they change on the same date.

• Sunday, March 8, 2026: at 02:00 clocks go forward one hour to 03:00 (UTC−8 → UTC−7).
• Sunday, November 1, 2026: at 02:00 clocks go back one hour to 01:00 (UTC−7 → UTC−8).
• Sunday, March 14, 2027: at 02:00 clocks go forward one hour to 03:00 (UTC−8 → UTC−7).
• Sunday, November 7, 2027: at 02:00 clocks go back one hour to 01:00 (UTC−7 → UTC−8).

Recurring meetings set in San Francisco time stay at the same local hour; participants elsewhere see the meeting move by an hour for the weeks when only one side has changed.

Dates come from the IANA time zone database as bundled with this site’s build. Governments occasionally change rules at short notice; see our methodology.