What time is it in Novato, California?

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

Novato sits at 38.09°N, 122.55°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Novato.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Novato it is highest at 1:01 pm today — 61 minutes after clock noon.

At 122.5°W, Novato 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 Novato, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 18 minutes, from 14 hours 49 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 31 minutes in December.

At 38.1°N that puts Novato between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.