What time is it in Ridgecrest, California?

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

Ridgecrest sits at 35.63°N, 117.66°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Ridgecrest.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Ridgecrest it is highest at 12:42 pm today — 42 minutes after clock noon.

At 117.7°W, Ridgecrest sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Ridgecrest, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 50 minutes, from 14 hours 34 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 45 minutes in December.

At 35.6°N that puts Ridgecrest between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.