Mexico
Time now in San Francisco
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Sunrise 06:31Sunset 07:11Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Mexico_City
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
273
Sunrise
06:31
Sunset
07:11
Day length
12h 39m
Coordinates
20.73, -102.36
Time difference from San Francisco
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) San Francisco right now.
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About the time in San Francisco
Sunrise today lands at 06:31 and sunset at 07:11 local time, giving 12h 39m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (20.73, -102.36) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in San Francisco.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal San Francisco day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 15:00–23:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
San Francisco sits at latitude 20.73, in the tropical band, so day length here swings only a little between midwinter and midsummer — today's 12h 39m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Frequently asked questions about time in San Francisco
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Mexico_City, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is San Francisco?
- San Francisco is UTC −6 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is San Francisco in?
- San Francisco uses America/Mexico_City, currently UTC −6.
- 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/Mexico_City (UTC −6).
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