What time is it in Riverside, California?

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

Riverside sits at 33.94°N, 117.39°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Riverside.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Riverside it is highest at 12:41 pm today — 41 minutes after clock noon.

At 117.4°W, Riverside sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Riverside, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 31 minutes, from 14 hours 25 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 53 minutes in December.

At 33.9°N that puts Riverside between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.