What time is it in San Marcos, California?

San Marcos 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 Marcos sits at 33.13°N, 117.17°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in San Marcos.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over San Marcos it is highest at 12:40 pm today — 40 minutes after clock noon.

At 117.2°W, San Marcos sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in San Marcos, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 23 minutes, from 14 hours 21 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 58 minutes in December.

At 33.1°N that puts San Marcos between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.