What time is it in Fountain Valley, California?

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

Fountain Valley sits at 33.71°N, 117.95°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Fountain Valley.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Fountain Valley it is highest at 12:43 pm today — 43 minutes after clock noon.

At 118.0°W, Fountain Valley sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Fountain Valley, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 29 minutes, from 14 hours 24 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 55 minutes in December.

At 33.7°N that puts Fountain Valley between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.