What time is it in San Clemente, California?

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

San Clemente sits at 33.45°N, 117.61°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in San Clemente.

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

At 117.6°W, San Clemente sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in San Clemente, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 26 minutes, from 14 hours 22 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 56 minutes in December.

At 33.4°N that puts San Clemente between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.