Philippines
Time now in Santa Cruz
Sunrise 05:44Sunset 06:15Time zone UTC +8
Time zone
Asia/Manila
UTC offset
UTC +8
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
40,010
Sunrise
05:44
Sunset
06:15
Day length
12h 30m
Coordinates
13.13, 120.83
Time difference from Santa Cruz
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About the time in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz sits at latitude 13.13, in the tropical band, so day length here swings only a little between midwinter and midsummer — today's 12h 30m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Santa Cruz runs on Asia/Manila, which puts the city UTC +8 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.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Santa Cruz day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 01:00–09:00 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Santa Cruz
- When do the sun rise and set in Santa Cruz today?
- Sunrise is at 05:44 and sunset at 06:15, giving 12h 30m of daylight.
- What time is it in Santa Cruz right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Santa Cruz, updating every second from Asia/Manila (UTC +8).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Asia/Manila, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Santa Cruz in?
- Santa Cruz uses Asia/Manila, currently UTC +8.
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