What time is it in El Cerrito, California?

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

El Cerrito sits at 37.92°N, 122.30°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in El Cerrito.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over El Cerrito it is highest at 1:00 pm today — 60 minutes after clock noon.

At 122.3°W, El Cerrito 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 2 minutes in El Cerrito, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 16 minutes, from 14 hours 48 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 32 minutes in December.

At 37.9°N that puts El Cerrito between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.