What time is it in Rancho Palos Verdes, California?

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

Rancho Palos Verdes sits at 33.74°N, 118.37°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Rancho Palos Verdes.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Rancho Palos Verdes it is highest at 12:45 pm today — 45 minutes after clock noon.

At 118.4°W, Rancho Palos Verdes sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Rancho Palos Verdes, 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 Rancho Palos Verdes between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.