Mexico
Time now in San Francisco
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:16Sunset 07:21Time zone UTC −7
Time zone
America/Tijuana
UTC offset
UTC −7
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
3
Sunrise
06:16
Sunset
07:21
Day length
13h 05m
Coordinates
32.54, -116.63
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
Sunrise today lands at 06:16 and sunset at 07:21 local time, giving 13h 05m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (32.54, -116.63) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in San Francisco.
San Francisco runs on America/Tijuana, which puts the city UTC −7 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 is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC −7 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 1 November 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
Frequently asked questions about time in San Francisco
- Which time zone is San Francisco in?
- San Francisco uses America/Tijuana, currently UTC −7.
- What are normal business hours in San Francisco in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in San Francisco runs from 16:00–00:00 UTC today.
- Does San Francisco change its clocks for daylight saving?
- Yes, and it is in effect now. Clocks change again on 1 November 2026.
- 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/Tijuana (UTC −7).
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