United States
Time now in Santa Monica
Sunrise 07:05Sunset 08:01Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
83
Sunrise
07:05
Sunset
08:01
Day length
12h 56m
Coordinates
26.36, -97.59
Time difference from Santa Monica
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About the time in Santa Monica
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Santa Monica day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 14:00–22:00 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.
Santa Monica runs on America/Chicago, 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.
Santa Monica sits at latitude 26.36, in the mid-latitude band, so day length here swings noticeably between midwinter and midsummer — today's 12h 56m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Frequently asked questions about time in Santa Monica
- Does Santa Monica change its clocks for daylight saving?
- Yes, and it is in effect now. Clocks change again on 1 November 2026.
- What time is it in Santa Monica right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Santa Monica, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Chicago, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Santa Monica in?
- Santa Monica uses America/Chicago, currently UTC −5.
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