Time zone
Pacific Standard Time (PST), UTC−8. IANA zone America/Los_Angeles.
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
PST · UTC−8 Pacific Standard Time
Pacific Standard Time (PST), UTC−8. IANA zone America/Los_Angeles.
Sunday, March 14, 2027: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM local time (UTC−8 → UTC−7).
San Diego, California, United States. Coordinates 32.72° N, 117.16° W; population about 1,404,452.
Calculated for the city centre at sea level; accurate to about a minute. Golden hour is when the sun is between 4° below and 6° above the horizon; blue hour between 6° and 4° below. See the whole month or another date.
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| City | Local time | Difference from San Diego |
|---|---|---|
| New York City, New York | 7:00 AM | 3 hours ahead of San Diego |
| Chicago, Illinois | 6:00 AM | 2 hours ahead of San Diego |
| Denver, Colorado | 5:00 AM | 1 hour ahead of San Diego |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 5:00 AM | 1 hour ahead of San Diego |
| Honolulu, Hawaii | 2:00 AM | 2 hours behind San Diego |
| Anchorage, Alaska | 3:00 AM | 1 hour behind San Diego |
| Toronto, Canada | 7:00 AM | 3 hours ahead of San Diego |
| Vancouver, Canada | 5:00 AM | 1 hour ahead of San Diego |
| Mexico City, Mexico | 6:00 AM | 2 hours ahead of San Diego |
| São Paulo, Brazil | 9:00 AM | 5 hours ahead of San Diego |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina | 9:00 AM | 5 hours ahead of San Diego |
| London, United Kingdom | 12:00 PM | 8 hours ahead of San Diego |
| Dublin, Ireland | 12:00 PM | 8 hours ahead of San Diego |
| Paris, France | 1:00 PM | 9 hours ahead of San Diego |
San Diego uses Pacific Standard Time (PST, UTC−8) as standard time and Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−7) during daylight saving time. Its IANA time-zone identifier is America/Los_Angeles, which is what phones and computers use to set the local time.
Yes. Sunday, March 14, 2027: clocks go forward 1 hour at 2:00 AM local time (UTC−8 → UTC−7). The previous change was on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
San Diego is 8 hours behind UTC on standard time and 7 hours behind UTC during daylight saving time.
The table above shows today’s sunrise, sunset and day length for the city centre. As an example, on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 the sun rose at 6:07 AM and set at 4:56 PM, giving 10 h 48 min of daylight.