What time is it in Ellensburg, Washington?

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

Ellensburg sits at 47.00°N, 120.55°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Ellensburg.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Pacific Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Ellensburg it is highest at 12:53 pm today — 53 minutes after clock noon.

At 120.5°W, Ellensburg 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 Ellensburg, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 7 hours 23 minutes, from 15 hours 54 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 30 minutes in December.

At 47.0°N that puts Ellensburg between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.