What time is it in Chico, California?

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

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Chico it is highest at 12:58 pm today — 58 minutes after clock noon.

At 121.8°W, Chico sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Chico, and the day is getting shorter by 3 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.