Local time · Compton
What time is it in Compton, California?
1:49:13AM
- Time zone
- PST
- America/Los_Angeles
- UTC offset
- −8:00
- Standard is −8:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 91,129
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Compton
Compton is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Compton sits at 33.89°N, 118.23°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Compton.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Compton it is highest at 11:37 am today — 23 minutes before clock noon.
At 118.2°W, Compton 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 Compton today
- Sunrise
- 6:23 am
- Sunset
- 4:50 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 27 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 25 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 27 minutes in Compton, 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 Compton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.