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Local time · Chico

What time is it in Chico, California?

1:49:38AM

Friday, November 13, 2026Pacific Standard Time · UTC−8:00 · standard time
Time zone
PST
America/Los_Angeles
UTC offset
−8:00
Standard is −8:00
Daylight saving
Not in force
Starts Sun, Mar 14
Population
102,911
City proper

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Daylight saving in Chico

Chico is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.

Chico sits at 39.76°N, 121.82°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Chico.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Chico it is highest at 11:51 am today — 9 minutes before clock noon.

At 121.8°W, Chico 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 Chico today

Sunrise
6:50 am
Sunset
4:53 pm
Day length
10 hours 3 minutes
Longest day
14 hours 59 minutes

Today runs 10 hours 3 minutes in Chico, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 38 minutes, from 14 hours 59 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 21 minutes in December.

At 39.8°N that puts Chico between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.

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