What time is it in Palm Springs, California?

Palm Springs 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 Springs sits at 33.80°N, 116.54°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Palm Springs.

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

At 116.5°W, Palm Springs sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Palm Springs, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 30 minutes, from 14 hours 24 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 54 minutes in December.

At 33.8°N that puts Palm Springs between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.