Chico in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.7285, -121.8370
- Population
- 121 345
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3815 km away
- Same name
- 27 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Chico, California, United States
Below you can see what the time is in Chico, California, United States now, in the America/Los_Angeles zone (−7).
Chico, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−7 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Chico
UTC−7 · daylight saving time is active
Chico keeps America/Los_Angeles clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:34 AM Solar noon 12:52 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 10 h 37 min Night 13 h 23 min Civil twilight 7:06 AM – 6:38 PM
Weather in Chico right now
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Chico and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 76431
- 95926
- 95927
- 95928
- 95929
- 95973
- 95976
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 Chico
- Chico Washington, United States
- Chico Texas, United States
- Chico Huánuco Department, Peru
- Chico Huíla, Angola
- Chico Moxico, Angola
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
- Michopdo (historical) — 1.5 km
- Barber — 1.5 km
- Chapmantown — 1.9 km
- Stirling Junction — 2.6 km
- Roble — 7.6 km
- Dayton — 9.4 km
Local time details for Chico
No adjustment is needed moving between Chico, Barber and Michopdo (historical).
Postal codes tied to Chico number 7.
The time zone used in Chico is America/Los_Angeles, set at UTC−7. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Sunrise happens at 7:34 AM in Chico today and sunset at 6:11 PM. That marks 10 h 37 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Where does Chico fall in terms of time zones?
- In terms of time zones, Chico falls within America/Los_Angeles, with an offset of −7.
- Does the local schedule in Chico include a clock change?
- Yes.
- At what time is the sun setting in Chico?
- The sun is setting at 6:11 PM.