Local Time in San Francisco, USA
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San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with a population of 826,079 in 2025. Among U.S. cities with a population of 200,000 or more, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income, third by population density, and sixth by aggregate income as of 2024. Some 4.6 million residents live in the city's metropolitan statistical area, which is the 13th-largest in the United States. Around 9.2 million live in the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland combined statistical area, the fifth-largest in the United States.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What time is it in San Francisco right now?
- The current time in San Francisco, USA is 08:20:24 PM (PDT), which is UTC-7.
- What time zone is San Francisco in?
- San Francisco uses the America/Los_Angeles time zone (IANA identifier), currently abbreviated PDT, UTC-7.
- Does San Francisco observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. San Francisco observes daylight saving time, and is currently in daylight saving time. The next change is on November 1, 2026.
- What is the UTC offset in San Francisco?
- San Francisco is currently UTC-7 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).