What time is it in Burien, Washington?

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

Burien sits at 47.48°N, 122.34°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Burien.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Burien it is highest at 1:00 pm today — 60 minutes after clock noon.

At 122.3°W, Burien 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 Burien, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 7 hours 32 minutes, from 15 hours 58 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 26 minutes in December.

At 47.5°N that puts Burien between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.