Local time · Novato
What time is it in Novato, California?
1:50:22AM
- Time zone
- PST
- America/Los_Angeles
- UTC offset
- −8:00
- Standard is −8:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 52,311
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Novato
Novato is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 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.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Novato it is highest at 11:54 am today — 6 minutes before clock noon.
At 122.5°W, Novato sits 10 minutes of solar time west of Pacific Standard Time’s 120° meridian, so on standard time the sun peaks 10 minutes after noon.
Daylight in Novato today
- Sunrise
- 6:49 am
- Sunset
- 4:59 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 10 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 49 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 10 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.