What time is it in Albany, California?

Albany is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Albany sits at 37.89°N, 122.32°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Albany.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Albany it is highest at 1:00 pm today — 60 minutes after clock noon.

At 122.3°W, Albany sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Albany, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 16 minutes, from 14 hours 48 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 32 minutes in December.

At 37.9°N that puts Albany between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.