Local time · Carson City
What time is it in Carson City, Nevada?
1:49:31AM
- Time zone
- PST
- America/Los_Angeles
- UTC offset
- −8:00
- Standard is −8:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 58,148
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Carson City
Carson City is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Carson City sits at 39.15°N, 119.75°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Carson City.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Carson City it is highest at 11:43 am today — 17 minutes before clock noon.
At 119.7°W, Carson City 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 Carson City today
- Sunrise
- 6:40 am
- Sunset
- 4:46 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 6 minutes
- Longest day
- 14 hours 55 minutes
Today runs 10 hours 6 minutes in Carson City, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 31 minutes, from 14 hours 55 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 25 minutes in December.
At 39.2°N that puts Carson City between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.