Local time · Imperial
What time is it in Imperial, California?
1:50:03AM
- Time zone
- PST
- America/Los_Angeles
- UTC offset
- −8:00
- Standard is −8:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 22,102
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Imperial
Imperial is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Imperial sits at 32.84°N, 115.57°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Imperial.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Imperial it is highest at 11:26 am today — 34 minutes before clock noon.
At 115.6°W, Imperial sits 18 minutes of solar time east of Pacific Standard Time’s 120° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 18 minutes before noon.
Daylight in Imperial today
- Sunrise
- 6:11 am
- Sunset
- 4:42 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 31 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 19 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 31 minutes in Imperial, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 20 minutes, from 14 hours 19 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 59 minutes in December.
At 32.8°N that puts Imperial between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.