What time is it in Yakima, Washington?

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

Yakima sits at 46.59°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 Yakima.

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

At 120.5°W, Yakima 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 Yakima, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 7 hours 17 minutes, from 15 hours 50 minutes at the June solstice down to 8 hours 34 minutes in December.

At 46.6°N that puts Yakima between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.