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Local time · South Gate

What time is it in South Gate, California?

1:50:42AM

Friday, November 13, 2026Pacific Standard Time · UTC−8:00 · standard time
Time zone
PST
America/Los_Angeles
UTC offset
−8:00
Standard is −8:00
Daylight saving
Not in force
Starts Sun, Mar 14
Population
90,805
City proper

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Daylight saving in South Gate

South Gate is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.

South Gate sits at 33.94°N, 118.19°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in South Gate.

Clock time against sun time

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over South Gate it is highest at 11:37 am today — 23 minutes before clock noon.

At 118.2°W, South Gate sits almost exactly on Pacific Standard Time’s 120° meridian, so on standard time the clock and the sun agree to within a few minutes.

Daylight in South Gate today

Sunrise
6:23 am
Sunset
4:50 pm
Day length
10 hours 27 minutes
Longest day
14 hours 25 minutes

Today runs 10 hours 27 minutes in South Gate, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 4 hours 32 minutes, from 14 hours 25 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 53 minutes in December.

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

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