What time is it in North Highlands, California?

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

North Highlands sits at 38.67°N, 121.37°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in North Highlands.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over North Highlands it is highest at 12:57 pm today — 57 minutes after clock noon.

At 121.4°W, North Highlands 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 1 minute in North Highlands, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 25 minutes, from 14 hours 52 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 27 minutes in December.

At 38.7°N that puts North Highlands between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.