§ 01US · North America
San Francisco
United States
San Francisco keeps US Pacific Time, UTC−8 standard and UTC−7 in summer. As the heart of the Bay Area tech industry, its working day opens as New York breaks for lunch, giving a narrow but heavily used overlap with the East Coast.
San Francisco · 1 Hz pulse
§ 02Day & business hours
Solar arc · UTC10h 25m of light
Sunrise
14:40 UTC
Solar noon
19:53 UTC
Sunset
01:06 UTC
Computed via NOAA solar equations for today's date. Local clock times shown below convert the UTC arc into America/Los_Angeles.
Local solar times
- Sunrise
- 06:40
- Solar noon
- 11:53
- Sunset
- 17:06
- Day length
- 10h 25m
Conventional business hours
09:00—17:00
Approximate local convention; individual organisations vary significantly.
§ 03Conditions · live
Current
weather.
Live reading from Apple Weather, cached one hour at the edge. Temperature in °C, wind in km/h.
Conditions · liveDaylight
+15°C
Clear
Feels like
18°
Wind
5 km/h N
Humidity
76%
Pressure
1,019 mb
UV index · 3Visibility · 21 km
Weather · Apple Weather§ 04Time zone & daylight saving
The facts, computed.
Read live from the IANA time-zone database — never hand-typed, so it can't go stale.
- Time zone
- Pacific Standard Time (PST)
- UTC offset
- UTC−08:00
- IANA identifier
- America/Los_Angeles
- Daylight saving (2026)
- Yes. In 2026, clocks go forward around March 8 and back around November 1.
§ 05Time difference from major cities
London−8 h
New York−3 h
Tokyo−17 h
Dubai−12 h
Singapore−16 h
Sydney−19 h
Hours are San Francisco's current offset relative to each city, daylight saving included.
§ 06Frequently asked
- What time zone is San Francisco in?
- San Francisco is in the Pacific Standard Time zone (PST), currently UTC−08:00.
- Does San Francisco observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. In 2026, clocks go forward around March 8 and back around November 1.
- What is San Francisco's UTC offset right now?
- San Francisco is currently UTC−08:00 (PST).
- What is the time difference between San Francisco and London?
- San Francisco is 8 hours behind London right now.
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