Bakersfield in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.3733, -119.0190
- Population
- 373 640
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3709 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bakersfield, California, United States
Current local time for Bakersfield, California, United States is listed here, in the America/Los_Angeles time zone (−8).
Bakersfield, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−8 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Bakersfield
UTC−8 · no daylight saving time
Bakersfield keeps America/Los_Angeles clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:21 AM Solar noon 11:41 AM Sunset 5:01 PM Daylight 10 h 40 min Night 13 h 20 min Civil twilight 5:54 AM – 5:27 PM
Weather in Bakersfield right now
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Bakersfield and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 05441
- 65609
- 93301
- 93302
- 93303
- 93304
- 93305
- 93306
- 93307
- 93308
- 93309
- 93311
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 Bakersfield
- Bakersfield Missouri, United States
- Bakersfield England, United Kingdom
- Bakersfield Maryland, United States
- Bakersfield Texas, United States
- Bakersfield Vermont, United States
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
- Kern — 3.4 km
- Kayandee — 3.6 km
- Landco — 3.9 km
- East Bakersfield — 4.1 km
- Jastro — 4.8 km
- Seguro — 5.0 km
Local time details for Bakersfield
Check Bakersfield and you have also checked Kern and Kayandee.
Postal codes tied to Bakersfield number 12.
Clocks in Bakersfield follow America/Los_Angeles, an offset of UTC−8 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: No.
Sunrise today is 6:21 AM in Bakersfield, with sunset at 5:01 PM. That works out to 10 h 40 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Bakersfield based on America/Los_Angeles?
- Yes, local time in Bakersfield is based on America/Los_Angeles, with an offset of −8.
- Does daylight saving time apply in Bakersfield?
- No.
- When does light leave Bakersfield?
- Light leaves at 5:01 PM.