Local time · Carson
What time is it in Carson, California?
1:48:49AM
- Time zone
- PST
- America/Los_Angeles
- UTC offset
- −8:00
- Standard is −8:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 91,358
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Carson
Carson is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Carson sits at 33.84°N, 118.25°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Carson.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Carson it is highest at 11:37 am today — 23 minutes before clock noon.
At 118.2°W, Carson sits almost exactly on Pacific Standard Time’s 120° meridian, so on standard time the clock and the sun agree to within a few minutes.
Daylight in Carson today
- Sunrise
- 6:23 am
- Sunset
- 4:50 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 27 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 24 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 27 minutes in Carson, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 30 minutes, from 14 hours 24 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 54 minutes in December.
At 33.8°N that puts Carson between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.