Local time · Encinitas
What time is it in Encinitas, California?
1:49:31AM
- Time zone
- PST
- America/Los_Angeles
- UTC offset
- −8:00
- Standard is −8:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 61,137
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Encinitas
Encinitas is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Encinitas sits at 33.05°N, 117.26°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Encinitas.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Encinitas it is highest at 11:33 am today — 27 minutes before clock noon.
At 117.3°W, Encinitas sits 11 minutes of solar time east of Pacific Standard Time’s 120° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 11 minutes before noon.
Daylight in Encinitas today
- Sunrise
- 6:18 am
- Sunset
- 4:48 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 30 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 20 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 30 minutes in Encinitas, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 22 minutes, from 14 hours 20 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 58 minutes in December.
At 33.1°N that puts Encinitas between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.