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Time in San Francisco, California, United States now

08:00:18

Sunday 17. May 2026, week 20

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Sun: ↑ 05:58 ↓ 20:14 (14h 17m) - More info - Make San Francisco time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for San Francisco

UTC -7

Pacific Time (PT)
now 3 hours behind New York

From 1 November 2026: UTC -8 / Pacific Standard Time (PST)
The time in San Francisco 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 San Francisco can for a short while be 2 or 4 hours behind the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for San Francisco is America/Los_Angeles.

Sunday March 8 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

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

Sunday November 1 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

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

Time difference
from San Francisco

Los Angeles	0
Chicago	+2 hours
New York	+3 hours
Toronto	+3 hours
São Paulo	+4 hours
UTC	+7 hours
Lagos	+8 hours
London	+8 hours
Johannesburg	+9 hours
Paris	+9 hours
Zurich	+9 hours
Cairo	+10 hours
Istanbul	+10 hours
Moscow	+10 hours
Dubai	+11 hours
Mumbai	+12.5 hours
Hong Kong	+15 hours
Shanghai	+15 hours
Singapore	+15 hours
Tokyo	+16 hours
Sydney	+17 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for San Francisco

Sunrise: 05:58
Sunset: 20:14
Day length: 14h 17m
Solar noon: 13:06
The current local time in San Francisco is 66 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

San Francisco on the map

Location: California, United States
Latitude: 37.77. Longitude: -122.42
Population: 828,000
Elevation: 20 m

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Best restaurants in San Francisco

#1 The Buena Vista - American and irish food
#2 Benu - Asian and contemporary food
#3 La Taqueria - Mexican and vegetarian options food

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