Carlsbad in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.1245, -117.2840
- Population
- 114 746
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3647 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Carlsbad, California, United States
The clock for Carlsbad, California, United States is kept here in the America/Los_Angeles time zone (−8).
Carlsbad, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−8 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Carlsbad
UTC−8 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Carlsbad.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:09 AM Solar noon 11:34 AM Sunset 4:58 PM Daylight 10 h 49 min Night 13 h 11 min Civil twilight 5:44 AM – 5:24 PM
Weather in Carlsbad right now
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Carlsbad and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 76934
- 88220
- 88221
- 92008
- 92009
- 92010
- 92011
- 92013
- 92018
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 Carlsbad
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
- Rancho Carlsbad Trailer Park — 2.9 km
- Lanaki Lane Mobile Home Park — 3.8 km
- La Costa — 4.1 km
- Farr — 4.2 km
- Ocean Hills — 5.2 km
- Rancho Calevero Mobile Home Park — 6.2 km
About the time in Carlsbad
The sun is up at 6:09 AM in Carlsbad and down again at 4:58 PM. Between those times there are 10 h 49 min of daylight.
Carlsbad shares its time with neighbouring Rancho Carlsbad Trailer Park and Lanaki Lane Mobile Home Park.
Within Carlsbad, postal codes number 9.
Carlsbad keeps the America/Los_Angeles zone, which is UTC−8. Whether summer time is observed: No.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Carlsbad?
- Use America/Los_Angeles to show the time in Carlsbad; its offset is −8.
- Does the local time in Carlsbad include a summer time period?
- No.
- When does morning light reach Carlsbad?
- At 6:09 AM.