What time is it in Hanford, California?

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

Hanford sits at 36.33°N, 119.65°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Hanford.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Hanford it is highest at 12:50 pm today — 50 minutes after clock noon.

At 119.7°W, Hanford 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 Hanford, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 57 minutes, from 14 hours 38 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 41 minutes in December.

At 36.3°N that puts Hanford between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.