What time is it in Bellingham, Washington?

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

Bellingham sits at 48.75°N, 122.47°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Bellingham.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Bellingham it is highest at 1:01 pm today — 61 minutes after clock noon.

At 122.5°W, Bellingham 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 in Bellingham, and the day is getting shorter by 4 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 7 hours 54 minutes, from 16 hours 10 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 16 minutes in December.

At 48.8°N that puts Bellingham between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.