> Current local time in San Francisco, United States: PST (UTC−8) until March 14, then PDT (UTC−7). Compare cities and plan meetings. > > Markdown version of https://wherora.com/time/san-francisco/ for AI agents and assistants. Live clocks and interactive tools need JavaScript: open the page in a browser to use them. # Time in San Francisco. United States · PST/PDT · America/Los\_Angeles **San Francisco is on Pacific Standard Time (PST, UTC−8)** until Sunday, March 14, 2027, when the clocks go forward an hour to Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−7). Right now it’s 3 hours behind New York and 8 hours behind London. Times checked November 1, 2026 against the IANA time zone database. [How WherOra calculates times](https://wherora.com/about/methodology/) ## Time zone in San Francisco San Francisco uses **Pacific Standard Time (PST, UTC−8)** in winter and **Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−7)** in summer. Together they are called Pacific Time (PT). Time zone : Pacific Standard Time (PST) / Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) UTC offset : UTC−8 (standard) · UTC−7 (summer) Daylight saving : Yes IANA zone : America/Los\_Angeles ### Clock changes in San Francisco, 2026–2027 - **Sunday, March 8, 2026**: clocks go forward one hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM (PDT, UTC−7) - **Sunday, November 1, 2026**: clocks go back one hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM (PST, UTC−8) - **Sunday, March 14, 2027**: clocks go forward one hour at 2:00 AM, to 3:00 AM (PDT, UTC−7) - **Sunday, November 7, 2027**: clocks go back one hour at 2:00 AM, to 1:00 AM (PST, UTC−8) Other countries change on different dates, so the gap between cities can shift for a week or more. [See how daylight saving affects meetings](https://wherora.com/guides/daylight-saving-gap-weeks/). ### Same time as San Francisco These cities in our world clock share San Francisco’s time zone: [Los Angeles](https://wherora.com/time/los-angeles/), Seattle. ### Plan meetings with San Francisco Shared working hours and time differences for popular pairs: - [San Francisco to Austin time](https://wherora.com/compare/san-francisco-austin/) - [San Francisco to Bengaluru time](https://wherora.com/compare/san-francisco-bengaluru/) - [San Francisco to Mumbai time](https://wherora.com/compare/san-francisco-mumbai/) Run a website, blog or intranet? [Add a free San Francisco clock to your site](https://wherora.com/embed/?city=san-francisco). It keeps the right time on its own. To compare San Francisco with any other place, use the clock above: press **+ Add city**, or set a date and drag the timeline to check a future meeting. [Convert a specific time](https://wherora.com/convert/) or [plan a meeting for up to six cities](https://wherora.com/meeting/). ## San Francisco: quick answers ### What time zone is San Francisco in? San Francisco uses Pacific Standard Time (PST, UTC−8) as standard time and Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC−7) during daylight saving time. On phones and computers its time zone is called America/Los\_Angeles. ### Does San Francisco observe daylight saving time? Yes. Clocks in San Francisco go forward one hour on Sunday, March 14, 2027, and back one hour on Sunday, November 7, 2027. ### What time is it in San Francisco when it’s 9 AM in New York? 6:00 AM in San Francisco. San Francisco is 3 hours behind New York right now. That stays the same all year. PST converters [PST time now](https://wherora.com/time-zones/pst/) [PST to IST](https://wherora.com/convert/pst-to-ist/) [EST to PST](https://wherora.com/convert/est-to-pst/) [PST to EST](https://wherora.com/convert/pst-to-est/) Explore city times [New York](https://wherora.com/time/new-york/) [Los Angeles](https://wherora.com/time/los-angeles/) [Chicago](https://wherora.com/time/chicago/) [Houston](https://wherora.com/time/houston/) [Dallas](https://wherora.com/time/dallas/) [Austin](https://wherora.com/time/austin/) [All city times →](https://wherora.com/time/) ## Compare city pairs [See shared working hours for all pairs →](https://wherora.com/compare/) North America ↔ Europe - [New York–London](https://wherora.com/compare/new-york-london/) - [Chicago–London](https://wherora.com/compare/chicago-london/) - [Toronto–London](https://wherora.com/compare/toronto-london/) - [Dallas–London](https://wherora.com/compare/dallas-london/) - [New York–Berlin](https://wherora.com/compare/new-york-berlin/) North America ↔ Asia & Pacific - [New York–Tokyo](https://wherora.com/compare/new-york-tokyo/) - [New York–Manila](https://wherora.com/compare/new-york-manila/) - [New York–Mumbai](https://wherora.com/compare/new-york-mumbai/) - [New York–Sydney](https://wherora.com/compare/new-york-sydney/) - [Los Angeles–Tokyo](https://wherora.com/compare/los-angeles-tokyo/) - [Los Angeles–Manila](https://wherora.com/compare/los-angeles-manila/) - [Chicago–Manila](https://wherora.com/compare/chicago-manila/) - [Toronto–Manila](https://wherora.com/compare/toronto-manila/) - [San Francisco–Mumbai](https://wherora.com/compare/san-francisco-mumbai/) - [San Francisco–Bengaluru](https://wherora.com/compare/san-francisco-bengaluru/) Europe ↔ Asia & Middle East - [London–Dubai](https://wherora.com/compare/london-dubai/) - [London–Singapore](https://wherora.com/compare/london-singapore/) - [London–Tokyo](https://wherora.com/compare/london-tokyo/) Close time zones - [New York–Los Angeles](https://wherora.com/compare/new-york-los-angeles/) - [San Francisco–Austin](https://wherora.com/compare/san-francisco-austin/) - [New York–Buenos Aires](https://wherora.com/compare/new-york-buenos-aires/) - [Berlin–Lisbon](https://wherora.com/compare/berlin-lisbon/) - [Singapore–Sydney](https://wherora.com/compare/singapore-sydney/) - [Dubai–Mumbai](https://wherora.com/compare/dubai-mumbai/) Badges show how far ahead or behind the second city is today. Read our guides[Clock changes this autumn](https://wherora.com/guides/daylight-saving-time-dates/)[Daylight saving gap weeks](https://wherora.com/guides/daylight-saving-gap-weeks/)[Fair meetings across time zones](https://wherora.com/guides/fair-meetings-across-time-zones/)[Time zone abbreviations](https://wherora.com/guides/time-zone-abbreviations/)[All guides](https://wherora.com/guides/) --- Source: https://wherora.com/time/san-francisco/ · Site guide for agents: https://wherora.com/llms.txt · How times are calculated: https://wherora.com/about/methodology/