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Time in California, United States now

11:12:26PM

Saturday, January 28, 2023

Data Privacy Day

Sun: ↑ 07:05AM ↓ 05:19PM (10h 14m) More info

Time zone

Currently Pacific Standard Time (PST), UTC -8
Daylight saving time (Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), UTC -7) starts March 12, 2023
California is 3 hours behind New York.

The IANA time zone identifier for California is America/Los_Angeles.

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for California

Sunrise: 07:05AM
Sunset: 05:19PM
Day length: 10h 14m
Solar noon: 12:12PM
The current local time in California is 12 minutes ahead of apparent solar 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

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California on the map

Location: United States
Latitude: 37.25. Longitude: -119.75
Population: 39,512,000
Elevation: 470 m

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Annual average temperatures
for California 1895-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from NOAA.
See showyourstripes.info.