Time in Santa Cruz

Pacific Standard Time (PST, UTC-8)

Current local time: 18:19

Next DST change: 2027-03-15 - UTC-7.

Current local time in Santa Cruz: · 11 Nov 2026

Santa Cruz time zone

Time zone
PST · UTC-8standard time

14 Mar 2027 - clocks go forward 1 h to PDT (UTC-7) - in 123 days

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Green shows daylight saving time. Dark marker: today.

United States has 8 distinct time zone rule groups. Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz

Time difference
Current local times and work-hour overlap with Santa Cruz
CityLocal timeDifferenceWorking hoursPlanner
London+1 day8 h aheadCompare Santa Cruz and London
New York3 h aheadCompare Santa Cruz and New York
Los AngelesSame timeCompare Santa Cruz and Los Angeles
Berlin+1 day9 h aheadCompare Santa Cruz and Berlin
Dubai+1 day12 h aheadCompare Santa Cruz and Dubai
New Delhi+1 day13 h 30 min aheadCompare Santa Cruz and New Delhi
Singapore+1 day16 h aheadCompare Santa Cruz and Singapore
Tokyo+1 day17 h aheadCompare Santa Cruz and Tokyo
Sydney+1 day19 h aheadCompare Santa Cruz and Sydney
Copenhagen+1 day9 h aheadCompare Santa Cruz and Copenhagen

Sun in Santa Cruz today

Daylight
06:4210h 19m17:01

10h 19m today - 4h 24m less than the longest day and 0h 41m more than the shortest day.

Calculated from coordinates; sunrise and sunset are approximate.

Public holidays in California

Holidays

  1. Veterans Day

    Wednesday · today

    National

  2. Thanksgiving Day

    Thursday · in 15 days

    National

  3. Day after Thanksgiving Day

    Friday · in 16 days

    CAlong weekend

  4. Christmas Day

    Friday · in 44 days

    Nationallong weekend

  5. New Year’s Day

    Friday · in 51 days

    Nationallong weekend

Common questions

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

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