Mexico
Time now in San Francisco
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 06:32Sunset 07:14Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Mexico_City
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
32
Sunrise
06:32
Sunset
07:14
Day length
12h 42m
Coordinates
20.91, -102.67
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 06:32 and sunset at 07:14 local time, giving 12h 42m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (20.91, -102.67) 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/Mexico_City, which puts the city UTC −6 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 20.91, in the tropical band, so day length here swings only a little between midwinter and midsummer — today's 12h 42m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Frequently asked questions about time in San Francisco
- 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).
- 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.
- Does San Francisco change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. San Francisco keeps UTC −6 throughout the year.
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