Mexico
Time now in San Francisco
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Sunrise 06:34Sunset 07:12Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Cancun
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
5
Sunrise
06:34
Sunset
07:12
Day length
12h 38m
Coordinates
18.67, -87.72
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/Cancun is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but America/Cancun keeps pointing at Cancun time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
San Francisco sits at latitude 18.67, in the tropical band, so day length here swings only a little between midwinter and midsummer — today's 12h 38m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
San Francisco runs on America/Cancun, 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in San Francisco
- When do the sun rise and set in San Francisco today?
- Sunrise is at 06:34 and sunset at 07:12, giving 12h 38m 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/Cancun (UTC −5).
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