What time is it in Desert Hot Springs, California?

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

Desert Hot Springs sits at 33.96°N, 116.54°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Desert Hot Springs.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Desert Hot Springs it is highest at 12:37 pm today — 37 minutes after clock noon.

At 116.5°W, Desert Hot Springs sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Desert Hot Springs, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 32 minutes, from 14 hours 25 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 53 minutes in December.

At 34.0°N that puts Desert Hot Springs between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.