Time in San Francisco
San Francisco is currently on UTC-07:00 (America/Los_Angeles).
San Francisco observes daylight saving time. Clocks next go back on 1 Nov, moving from UTC-07:00 to UTC-08:00.
San Francisco is 8 hours behind London.
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How San Francisco lines up with other cities
Each city below is one San Francisco keeps hours with — the current difference, how it shifts across the year, and where the working days overlap.
London 8 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 8 hours behind London for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 7 hours, because San Francisco and London change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 8-hour difference most people assume.
Paris 9 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 9 hours behind Paris for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 8 hours, because San Francisco and Paris change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 9-hour difference most people assume.
Berlin 9 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 9 hours behind Berlin for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 8 hours, because San Francisco and Berlin change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 9-hour difference most people assume.
Amsterdam 9 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 9 hours behind Amsterdam for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 8 hours, because San Francisco and Amsterdam change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 9-hour difference most people assume.
Madrid 9 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 9 hours behind Madrid for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 8 hours, because San Francisco and Madrid change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 9-hour difference most people assume.
Rome 9 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 9 hours behind Rome for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 8 hours, because San Francisco and Rome change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 9-hour difference most people assume.
Barcelona 9 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 9 hours behind Barcelona for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 8 hours, because San Francisco and Barcelona change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 9-hour difference most people assume.
Brussels 9 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 9 hours behind Brussels for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 8 hours, because San Francisco and Brussels change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 9-hour difference most people assume.
Cairo 10 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 10 hours behind Cairo for most of the year. For 49 days — 8 Mar – 23 Apr; 30 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 9 hours, because San Francisco and Cairo change their clocks on different dates.
49 of 365 days are not the 10-hour difference most people assume.
Dublin 8 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 8 hours behind Dublin for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 7 hours, because San Francisco and Dublin change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 8-hour difference most people assume.
Frankfurt 9 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 9 hours behind Frankfurt for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 8 hours, because San Francisco and Frankfurt change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 9-hour difference most people assume.
Lisbon 8 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 8 hours behind Lisbon for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 7 hours, because San Francisco and Lisbon change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 8-hour difference most people assume.
Milan 9 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 9 hours behind Milan for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 8 hours, because San Francisco and Milan change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 9-hour difference most people assume.
Stockholm 9 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 9 hours behind Stockholm for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 8 hours, because San Francisco and Stockholm change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 9-hour difference most people assume.
Tel Aviv 10 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 10 hours behind Tel Aviv for most of the year. For 26 days — 8 Mar – 26 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 9 hours, because San Francisco and Tel Aviv change their clocks on different dates.
26 of 365 days are not the 10-hour difference most people assume.
Vienna 9 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 9 hours behind Vienna for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 8 hours, because San Francisco and Vienna change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 9-hour difference most people assume.
Warsaw 9 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 9 hours behind Warsaw for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 8 hours, because San Francisco and Warsaw change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 9-hour difference most people assume.
Zurich 9 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 9 hours behind Zurich for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 8 hours, because San Francisco and Zurich change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 9-hour difference most people assume.
Athens 10 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 10 hours behind Athens for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 9 hours, because San Francisco and Athens change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 10-hour difference most people assume.
Copenhagen 9 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 9 hours behind Copenhagen for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 8 hours, because San Francisco and Copenhagen change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 9-hour difference most people assume.
Helsinki 10 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 10 hours behind Helsinki for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 9 hours, because San Francisco and Helsinki change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 10-hour difference most people assume.
Kyiv 10 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 10 hours behind Kyiv for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 9 hours, because San Francisco and Kyiv change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 10-hour difference most people assume.
Oslo 9 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 9 hours behind Oslo for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 8 hours, because San Francisco and Oslo change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 9-hour difference most people assume.
Prague 9 hours behind dominant
San Francisco is 9 hours behind Prague for most of the year. For 28 days — 8 Mar – 28 Mar; 25 Oct – 31 Oct — the difference narrows to 8 hours, because San Francisco and Prague change their clocks on different dates.
28 of 365 days are not the 9-hour difference most people assume.
Dubai 11 hours behind split
From 8 Mar to 31 Oct, San Francisco is 11 hours behind Dubai. For the rest of the year San Francisco is 12 hours behind Dubai, because Dubai does not observe daylight saving time.