What time is it in Sacramento, California?

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

Sacramento sits at 38.57°N, 121.47°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Sacramento.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Sacramento it is highest at 12:57 pm today — 57 minutes after clock noon.

At 121.5°W, Sacramento sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Sacramento, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 24 minutes, from 14 hours 52 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 28 minutes in December.

At 38.6°N that puts Sacramento between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.