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The time in San Diego, explained
Right now it's 10:14 am in San Diego — Monday, 7 September 2026. San Diego runs on PDT (UTC-7), and the clock above updates itself every second, so what you're reading is genuinely the current time there, not a snapshot from when the page loaded.
San Diego keeps the America/Los_Angeles time zone in the IANA database, currently UTC-7. Clocks here change twice a year: UTC-8 on standard time, and UTC-7 while daylight saving is in effect. The next change is due on 1 November 2026, when clocks move back by an hour.
Today in San Diego, the sun comes up at 6:26 am and goes down at 7:06 pm — 12 hours 41 minutes of daylight in total, with solar noon at 12:46 pm. These figures come straight from the city's real coordinates (32.72, -117.16), so they shift by a small amount every single day of the year.
How San Diego compares with other cities
Read the last column as the other city relative to San Diego. Where either place uses daylight saving, the gap changes for part of the year — the time difference calculator always shows today’s figure.
| City | Local time | Compared with San Diego |
|---|---|---|
| London | 6:14 pm | 8 hours ahead |
| New York | 1:14 pm | 3 hours ahead |
| Dubai | 9:14 pm | 11 hours ahead |
| Karachi | 10:14 pm | 12 hours ahead |
| Singapore | 1:14 am | 15 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | 2:14 am | 16 hours ahead |
| Sydney | 3:14 am | 17 hours ahead |
More cities across United States
| City | Local time | Offset |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 1:14 pm | UTC-4 |
| Los Angeles | 10:14 am | UTC-7 |
| Chicago | 12:14 pm | UTC-5 |
| Houston | 12:14 pm | UTC-5 |
| Phoenix | 10:14 am | UTC-7 |
| Philadelphia | 1:14 pm | UTC-4 |
| San Antonio | 12:14 pm | UTC-5 |
| Dallas | 12:14 pm | UTC-5 |
| San Jose | 10:14 am | UTC-7 |
| Austin | 12:14 pm | UTC-5 |
| Jacksonville | 1:14 pm | UTC-4 |
| San Francisco | 10:14 am | UTC-7 |
| Columbus | 1:14 pm | UTC-4 |
| Charlotte | 1:14 pm | UTC-4 |
| Indianapolis | 1:14 pm | UTC-4 |
| Seattle | 10:14 am | UTC-7 |
| Denver | 11:14 am | UTC-6 |
| Boston | 1:14 pm | UTC-4 |
| Nashville | 12:14 pm | UTC-5 |
| Detroit | 1:14 pm | UTC-4 |
| Portland | 10:14 am | UTC-7 |
| Las Vegas | 10:14 am | UTC-7 |
| Miami | 1:14 pm | UTC-4 |
| Atlanta | 1:14 pm | UTC-4 |
| Minneapolis | 12:14 pm | UTC-5 |
| New Orleans | 12:14 pm | UTC-5 |
| Salt Lake City | 11:14 am | UTC-6 |
| Washington, D.C. | 1:14 pm | UTC-4 |
| Anchorage | 9:14 am | UTC-8 |
| Honolulu | 7:14 am | UTC-10 |
| St. Louis | 12:14 pm | UTC-5 |
| Kansas City | 12:14 pm | UTC-5 |
| Pittsburgh | 1:14 pm | UTC-4 |
| Cleveland | 1:14 pm | UTC-4 |
| Sacramento | 10:14 am | UTC-7 |
| Orlando | 1:14 pm | UTC-4 |
| Tampa | 1:14 pm | UTC-4 |
| Albuquerque | 11:14 am | UTC-6 |
| Boise | 11:14 am | UTC-6 |
Questions people ask
What time is it in San Diego right now?
Right now it's 10:14:29 am in San Diego, on Monday, 7 September 2026. The clock at the top of the page keeps ticking on its own, so it's safe to just leave the tab open.
What time zone does San Diego actually run on?
PDT — listed as America/Los_Angeles in the IANA database, currently sitting at UTC-7.
Does San Diego change its clocks for daylight saving?
Yes — it alternates between UTC-8 and UTC-7, with the next change due on 1 November 2026.
How many hours ahead of UTC does San Diego sit?
UTC-7. Add or subtract that from any UTC time and you've got the local time here.
Is San Diego on a whole-hour offset from UTC?
Yes, which means converting to and from UTC here is just a plain addition or subtraction of whole hours.
When do the sun rise and set in San Diego today?
Sunrise lands at 6:26 am and sunset at 7:06 pm, giving 12 hours 41 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 12:46 pm.
What are San Diego's actual coordinates?
32.72 latitude, -117.16 longitude. Every sun and prayer time on this site is calculated straight from those figures, rather than from the country as a whole.
What's the date in San Diego right now?
It's Monday, 7 September 2026 there at the moment. Once a city sits far enough away, part of every day genuinely falls on a different calendar date from your own.
What's a reasonable time to call San Diego from abroad?
Work backward from local working hours here using the best meeting time finder, which shades every participant's working hours at once and shows which slot costs everyone the least.
How do I convert my own local time into San Diego time?
Use the time zone converter and pick San Diego as the destination city — it applies whichever rules were actually in force on the exact date you enter, daylight saving included.
Why does the gap to my own city seem to change across the year?
Because daylight saving doesn't start and end on the same dates everywhere, and plenty of countries skip it entirely. For a few weeks each spring and autumn, the usual gap can be an hour off from what you'd expect.
Which other places share the exact same time as San Diego?
Anywhere currently sitting on UTC-7. The time zone map lists every country and city on each offset.