What time is it in Los Angeles, California?

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

Los Angeles sits at 34.02°N, 118.41°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Los Angeles.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Los Angeles it is highest at 12:45 pm today — 45 minutes after clock noon.

At 118.4°W, Los Angeles sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Los Angeles, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 32 minutes, from 14 hours 25 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 53 minutes in December.

At 34.0°N that puts Los Angeles between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.