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Time in Big Bear, California, United States now

04:36:24AM

Saturday, March 7, 2026

Big Bear switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 8. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:08AM ↓ 05:49PM (11h 41m) - More info - Make Big Bear time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Big Bear

UTC -8

Pacific Time (PT)
now 3 hours behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -7 / Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
The time in Big Bear is normally 3 hours behind the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Big Bear can for a short while be 2 or 4 hours behind the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Big Bear is America/Los_Angeles.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -8 / Pacific Standard Time (PST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -7 / Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Big Bear

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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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Big Bear

Sunrise: 06:08AM
Sunset: 05:49PM
Day length: 11h 41m
Solar noon: 11:58AM
The current local time in Big Bear is 2 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Big Bear on the map

Location: California, United States
Latitude: 34.261. Longitude: -116.845
Population: 12,000
Elevation: 2,064 m

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Best restaurants in Big Bear

#1 BJ's - Fast food and american food
#2 Lumberjack Cafe - American and mexican food
#3 Pickle's Pie Shop - Dessert and vegetarian options food

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