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Local time · Lake Elsinore

What time is it in Lake Elsinore, California?

1:51:20AM

Friday, November 13, 2026Pacific Standard Time · UTC−8:00 · standard time
Time zone
PST
America/Los_Angeles
UTC offset
−8:00
Standard is −8:00
Daylight saving
Not in force
Starts Sun, Mar 14
Population
73,595
City proper

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Daylight saving in Lake Elsinore

Lake Elsinore is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.

Lake Elsinore sits at 33.69°N, 117.34°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Lake Elsinore.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Lake Elsinore it is highest at 11:33 am today — 27 minutes before clock noon.

At 117.3°W, Lake Elsinore 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 Lake Elsinore today

Sunrise
6:19 am
Sunset
4:47 pm
Day length
10 hours 28 minutes
Longest day
14 hours 24 minutes

Today runs 10 hours 28 minutes in Lake Elsinore, 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 Lake Elsinore between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.

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