Mexico
Time now in San Francisco
Sunrise 06:13Sunset 06:54Time zone UTC −6
Time zone
America/Mexico_City
UTC offset
UTC −6
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
8
Sunrise
06:13
Sunset
06:54
Day length
12h 41m
Coordinates
19.13, -97.66
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
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.
Around 8 people live in San Francisco, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Sunrise today lands at 06:13 and sunset at 06:54 local time, giving 12h 41m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (19.13, -97.66) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in San Francisco.
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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