What time is it in Pacifica, California?

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

Pacifica sits at 37.61°N, 122.48°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Pacifica.

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

At 122.5°W, Pacifica 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 Pacifica, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 12 minutes, from 14 hours 46 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 34 minutes in December.

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