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What time is it in Barstow, California?

5:04:41 AM

Friday, September 25, 2026. Pacific Daylight Time, UTC−7:00.

Time zone
Pacific Daylight Time
UTC offset
UTC−7:00
Daylight saving
In force now
Population
24,897

Daylight saving in Barstow

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

Barstow sits at 34.87°N, 117.04°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Barstow.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Barstow it is highest at 12:39 pm today — 39 minutes after clock noon.

At 117.0°W, Barstow sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Daylight in Barstow today

Sunrise
6:38 am
Sunset
6:40 pm
Day length
12 hours 2 minutes
Longest day
14 hours 30 minutes

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Barstow, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 41 minutes, from 14 hours 30 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 49 minutes in December.

At 34.9°N that puts Barstow between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.