Time in San Francisco
San Francisco: Pacific Time (PDT, UTC−8 in winter, UTC−7 in summer). US daylight saving applies.
San Francisco is on Pacific Time (PDT, UTC−8 in winter, UTC−7 in summer). San Francisco is Pacific Time. Arizona, to the southeast, does not use daylight saving, so the gap to Phoenix is one hour in winter and none in summer.
When it is noon in San Francisco it is 3 p.m. in New York all year. When it is noon in San Francisco it is 8 p.m. in London all year.
San Francisco is about 10 minutes of solar time west of the Pacific Time meridian. Winter sunrises run later than in towns farther east that share the same offset.
In mid-January the sun rises about 26 minutes later here than in Los Angeles.
Sunrise and sunset in San Francisco
December in San Francisco is a short-day clock: sunrise near 7:18 a.m., sunset near 4:52 p.m.. June runs from about 5:48 a.m. to 8:34 p.m.. Figures are mid-month for 2026 at the coordinates we use for this place, not a weather forecast.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:25 a.m. | 5:14 p.m. | 9 h 50 m |
| February | 7:01 a.m. | 5:48 p.m. | 10 h 48 m |
| March | 7:22 a.m. | 7:17 p.m. | 11 h 54 m |
| April | 6:36 a.m. | 7:45 p.m. | 13 h 09 m |
| May | 6:01 a.m. | 8:13 p.m. | 14 h 12 m |
| June | 5:48 a.m. | 8:34 p.m. | 14 h 46 m |
| July | 6:00 a.m. | 8:32 p.m. | 14 h 32 m |
| August | 6:26 a.m. | 8:05 p.m. | 13 h 39 m |
| September | 6:52 a.m. | 7:20 p.m. | 12 h 28 m |
| October | 7:18 a.m. | 6:34 p.m. | 11 h 16 m |
| November | 6:50 a.m. | 5:00 p.m. | 10 h 10 m |
| December | 7:18 a.m. | 4:52 p.m. | 9 h 34 m |
Mid-month local times for 2026. Hills, weather, and the exact street change what you see by a few minutes.
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