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Time in El Centro, California, United States now

10:40:11

Thursday 5 March 2026, week 10

El Centro switches to daylight saving time at 02:00 on Sunday 8 March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:05 ↓ 17:43 (11h 38m) - More info - Make El Centro time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for El Centro

UTC -8

Pacific Time (PT)
now 3 hours behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -7 / Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
The time in El Centro 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 El Centro can for a short while be 2 or 4 hours behind the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for El Centro 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 02:00 to 01:00 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 02:00 to 03:00 local time.

Time difference
from El Centro

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 El Centro

Sunrise: 06:05
Sunset: 17:43
Day length: 11h 38m
Solar noon: 11:54
The current local time in El Centro is 6 minutes behind apparent solar time.

El Centro on the map

Location: California, United States
Latitude: 32.792. Longitude: -115.563
Population: 44,000
Elevation: -12 m

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Best restaurants in El Centro

#1 Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Italian and soups food
#2 Shake & Wake - New American and vegetarian options food
#3 Nicarao

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