What time is it in Palm Desert, California?

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

Palm Desert sits at 33.74°N, 116.36°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Palm Desert.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Palm Desert it is highest at 12:37 pm today — 37 minutes after clock noon.

At 116.4°W, Palm Desert sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Palm Desert, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 29 minutes, from 14 hours 24 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 54 minutes in December.

At 33.7°N that puts Palm Desert between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.