What time is it in Soledad, California?

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

Soledad sits at 36.43°N, 121.32°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Soledad.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Soledad it is highest at 12:56 pm today — 56 minutes after clock noon.

At 121.3°W, Soledad 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 Soledad, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 59 minutes, from 14 hours 39 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 40 minutes in December.

At 36.4°N that puts Soledad between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.