What time is it in Modesto, California?

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

Modesto sits at 37.64°N, 121.00°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Modesto.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Modesto it is highest at 12:55 pm today — 55 minutes after clock noon.

At 121.0°W, Modesto 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 Modesto, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 13 minutes, from 14 hours 46 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 33 minutes in December.

At 37.6°N that puts Modesto between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.