Local time · Eureka
What time is it in Eureka, California?
1:49:57AM
- Time zone
- PST
- America/Los_Angeles
- UTC offset
- −8:00
- Standard is −8:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 25,412
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Eureka
Eureka is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Eureka sits at 40.80°N, 124.15°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Eureka.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Eureka it is highest at 12:00 pm today — 0 minutes after clock noon.
At 124.2°W, Eureka sits 17 minutes of solar time west of Pacific Standard Time’s 120° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 17 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Eureka today
- Sunrise
- 7:01 am
- Sunset
- 5:00 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 58 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 6 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 58 minutes in Eureka, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 52 minutes, from 15 hours 6 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 15 minutes in December.
At 40.8°N that puts Eureka between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.