What time is it in Mission Viejo, California?

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

Mission Viejo sits at 33.61°N, 117.66°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Mission Viejo.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Mission Viejo it is highest at 12:42 pm today — 42 minutes after clock noon.

At 117.7°W, Mission Viejo sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Mission Viejo, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 28 minutes, from 14 hours 23 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 55 minutes in December.

At 33.6°N that puts Mission Viejo between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.