Peru
Time now in San Francisco
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Sunrise 06:03Sunset 05:58Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Lima
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
86
Sunrise
06:03
Sunset
05:58
Day length
11h 55m
Coordinates
-7.91, -74.75
Time difference from San Francisco
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) San Francisco right now.
San Francisco on the map
About the time in San Francisco
The zone identifier America/Lima is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Lima keeps pointing at Lima time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
San Francisco runs on America/Lima, which puts the city UTC −5 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
San Francisco sits at latitude -7.91, in the tropical band, so day length here swings only a little between midwinter and midsummer — today's 11h 55m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Frequently asked questions about time in San Francisco
- When do the sun rise and set in San Francisco today?
- Sunrise is at 06:03 and sunset at 05:58, giving 11h 55m of daylight.
- Does San Francisco change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. San Francisco keeps UTC −5 throughout the year.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is San Francisco?
- San Francisco is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in San Francisco right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in San Francisco, updating every second from America/Lima (UTC −5).
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