United States
Time now in Tacoma
Saturday, 22 August 2026
Sunrise 06:52Sunset 08:13Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/New_York
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
204
Sunrise
06:52
Sunset
08:13
Day length
13h 21m
Coordinates
36.94, -82.53
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About the time in Tacoma
Tacoma is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC −4 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 1 November 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Tacoma day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 13:00–21:00 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.
Tacoma runs on America/New_York, which puts the city UTC −4 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 Tacoma
- What time is it in Tacoma right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Tacoma, updating every second from America/New_York (UTC −4).
- When do the sun rise and set in Tacoma today?
- Sunrise is at 06:52 and sunset at 08:13, giving 13h 21m of daylight.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/New_York, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Tacoma in?
- Tacoma uses America/New_York, currently UTC −4.
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