What time is it in Mountlake Terrace, Washington?

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

Mountlake Terrace sits at 47.79°N, 122.30°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Mountlake Terrace.

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

At 122.3°W, Mountlake Terrace 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 Mountlake Terrace, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 7 hours 37 minutes, from 16 hours 1 minute at the June solstice down to 8 hours 24 minutes in December.

At 47.8°N that puts Mountlake Terrace between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.