What time is it in Brea, California?

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

Brea sits at 33.93°N, 117.87°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Brea.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Brea it is highest at 12:43 pm today — 43 minutes after clock noon.

At 117.9°W, Brea sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Brea, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 31 minutes, from 14 hours 25 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 54 minutes in December.

At 33.9°N that puts Brea between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.