Time in San Rafael

Pacific Standard Time (PST, UTC-8)

Current local time: 12:09

Next DST change: 2027-03-14 - UTC-7.

Current local time in San Rafael: · 10 Nov 2026

San Rafael time zone

Time zone
PST · UTC-8standard time

14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to PDT (UTC-7) - in 124 days

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Green shows daylight saving time. Dark marker: today.

United States has 8 distinct time zone rule groups. San Rafael uses Pacific Standard Time.

  • EST · UTC-5New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and moreUses daylight saving time
  • CST · UTC-6Illinois, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and moreUses daylight saving time
  • MST · UTC-7Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah and moreUses daylight saving time
  • MST · UTC-7ArizonaNo daylight saving time
  • PST · UTC-8California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, IdahoUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-9 · UTC-9AlaskaUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-10 · UTC-10America/AdakUses daylight saving time
  • UTC-10 · UTC-10HawaiiNo daylight saving time

Zones with matching offsets and clock changes over the next year are grouped together.

Time difference from San Rafael

Time difference
Current local times and work-hour overlap with San Rafael
CityLocal timeDifferenceWorking hoursPlanner
London8 h aheadCompare San Rafael and London
New York3 h aheadCompare San Rafael and New York
Los AngelesSame timeCompare San Rafael and Los Angeles
Berlin9 h aheadCompare San Rafael and Berlin
Dubai+1 day12 h aheadCompare San Rafael and Dubai
New Delhi+1 day13 h 30 min aheadCompare San Rafael and New Delhi
Singapore+1 day16 h aheadCompare San Rafael and Singapore
Tokyo+1 day17 h aheadCompare San Rafael and Tokyo
Sydney+1 day19 h aheadCompare San Rafael and Sydney
Copenhagen9 h aheadCompare San Rafael and Copenhagen

Sun in San Rafael today

Daylight
06:4510h 16m17:02

10h 16m today - 4h 32m less than the longest day and 0h 45m more than the shortest day.

Calculated from coordinates; sunrise and sunset are approximate.

Public holidays in California

Holidays

  1. Veterans Day

    Wednesday · in 1 days

    National

  2. Thanksgiving Day

    Thursday · in 16 days

    National

  3. Day after Thanksgiving Day

    Friday · in 17 days

    CAlong weekend

  4. Christmas Day

    Friday · in 45 days

    Nationallong weekend

  5. New Year’s Day

    Friday · in 52 days

    Nationallong weekend

Common questions

Quick answers
01What time zone is San Rafael in?
San Rafael uses America/Los_Angeles: PST (UTC-8).
02Does San Rafael have daylight saving time?
14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to PDT (UTC-7) - in 124 days
03What is the time difference between San Rafael and London?
San Rafael is 8 h behind relative to London right now.
04What is a good time to call San Rafael from New York?
A shared working-hours option: 16:00-17:00 in New York = 13:00-14:00 in San Rafael.

Time zones: IANA via Intl. Holidays: date-holidays. Sun calculations: SunCalc. City data: GeoNames. Airport data: OurAirports.

Common questions

Quick answers
01What time zone is San Rafael in?
San Rafael is in Pacific Standard Time (PST/PDT), America/Los_Angeles. Standard time is UTC-8.
02Does San Rafael use daylight saving time?
Yes. San Rafael changes between UTC-8 and UTC-7 during the year.
03What is the time difference between San Rafael and UTC?
San Rafael is UTC-8 in standard time and UTC-7 during daylight saving time.