Arcata in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.8665, -124.0830
- Population
- 17 843
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3972 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Arcata, California, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Arcata, California, United States, which uses America/Los_Angeles (−7).
Arcata, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−7 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Arcata
UTC−7 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Arcata.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:44 AM Solar noon 1:01 PM Sunset 6:18 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 7:16 AM – 6:46 PM
Weather in Arcata right now
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Arcata and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 95518
- 95521
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in California
- Los Angeles 3 820 914
- San Diego 1 404 452
- San Jose 997 368
- San Francisco 827 526
- Fresno 542 107
- Sacramento 524 943
Other places named Arcata
- Arcata Lima region, Peru
- Arcata La Paz Department, Bolivia
- Arcata La Paz Department, Bolivia
- Arcata Arequipa, Peru
Same time zone — America/Los_Angeles
- Los Angeles United States
- San Diego United States
- San Jose United States
- San Francisco United States
- Seattle United States
- Portland United States
Nearby places
- Sunny Brae — 1.7 km
- Alliance — 2.5 km
- Bayside — 3.1 km
- Fickle Hill — 3.4 km
- Korblex — 4.2 km
- Bracut — 4.3 km
About the time in Arcata
The hours shown for Arcata apply equally in Sunny Brae and Alliance.
The number of postal codes covering Arcata is 2.
Arcata sits in the America/Los_Angeles time zone, which runs at UTC−7. Daylight saving time: Yes.
For Arcata today, sunrise is 7:44 AM and sunset is 6:18 PM. Daylight lasts 10 h 33 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone setting matches Arcata?
- The time zone setting that matches Arcata is America/Los_Angeles, with an offset of −7.
- Does the time in Arcata vary with the season?
- Daylight saving time in Arcata: Yes.
- Please give the sunrise time for Arcata.
- The sun rises at 7:44 AM.