What time is it in Merced, California?

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

Merced sits at 37.31°N, 120.47°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Merced.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Merced it is highest at 12:53 pm today — 53 minutes after clock noon.

At 120.5°W, Merced 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 Merced, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 9 minutes, from 14 hours 44 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 35 minutes in December.

At 37.3°N that puts Merced between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.