What time is it in Lathrop, California?

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

Lathrop sits at 37.81°N, 121.32°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Lathrop.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Lathrop it is highest at 12:56 pm today — 56 minutes after clock noon.

At 121.3°W, Lathrop 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 Lathrop, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 15 minutes, from 14 hours 47 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 32 minutes in December.

At 37.8°N that puts Lathrop between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.