Local time · Arcata
What time is it in Arcata, California?
1:49:32AM
- Time zone
- PST
- America/Los_Angeles
- UTC offset
- −8:00
- Standard is −8:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 18,748
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Arcata
Arcata is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Arcata sits at 40.86°N, 124.07°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Arcata.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Arcata it is highest at 12:00 pm today — 0 minutes after clock noon.
At 124.1°W, Arcata sits 16 minutes of solar time west of Pacific Standard Time’s 120° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 16 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Arcata today
- Sunrise
- 7:01 am
- Sunset
- 4:59 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 58 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 7 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 58 minutes in Arcata, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 53 minutes, from 15 hours 7 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 14 minutes in December.
At 40.9°N that puts Arcata between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.