Big Sur in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.2702, -121.8070
- Elevation
- 44 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 000
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3916 km away
What time is it in Big Sur, California, United States
Find out what time it is now in Big Sur, California, United States — the local clock runs on America/Los_Angeles (−8).
Big Sur, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−8 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Big Sur
UTC−8 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Big Sur.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:38 AM Solar noon 11:52 AM Sunset 5:06 PM Daylight 10 h 28 min Night 13 h 32 min Civil twilight 6:11 AM – 5:33 PM
Weather in Big Sur right now
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Big Sur and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 93920
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
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
- Posts — 6.0 km
- Notleys Landing — 16.7 km
- Slates Hot Springs — 22.3 km
- Jamesburg — 22.4 km
- Robles Del Rio — 23.2 km
- Carmel Valley — 24.2 km
Big Sur: clock, sun and surroundings
The applicable time zone for Big Sur is America/Los_Angeles, offset UTC−8. Seasonal clock change applies: No.
Sun-up in Big Sur is 6:38 AM today and sun-down is 5:06 PM. That gap holds 10 h 28 min of daylight.
For nearby Posts and Notleys Landing, use the time shown for Big Sur.
Deliveries to Big Sur are sorted by 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone name applies to Big Sur?
- The time zone name for Big Sur is America/Los_Angeles, with an offset of −8.
- Does Big Sur change its clocks twice a year?
- Daylight saving time in Big Sur: No.
- What is the sunrise time for Big Sur?
- 6:38 AM.