What time is it in Manhattan Beach, California?

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

Manhattan Beach sits at 33.90°N, 118.42°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Manhattan Beach.

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

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

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Manhattan Beach, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 31 minutes, from 14 hours 25 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 54 minutes in December.

At 33.9°N that puts Manhattan Beach between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.