China Lake in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.6508, -117.6620
- Elevation
- 690 m above sea level
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3583 km away
What time is it in China Lake, California, United States
The exact time in China Lake, California, United States is given here, for the America/Los_Angeles time zone (−8).
China Lake, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−8 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in China Lake
UTC−8 · no daylight saving time
China Lake keeps America/Los_Angeles clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:22 AM Solar noon 11:36 AM Sunset 4:50 PM Daylight 10 h 28 min Night 13 h 32 min Civil twilight 5:55 AM – 5:17 PM
Weather in China Lake right now
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China Lake and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 93555 Ridgecrest — 3.3 km away
- 93556 Ridgecrest — 3.3 km away
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
- Ridgecrest — 3.3 km
- China Lake Acres — 9.3 km
- Inyokern — 13.7 km
- Terese (historical) — 14.1 km
- Skytop — 15.8 km
- Leliter (historical) — 16.6 km
Local time details for China Lake
2 postal codes cover the territory of China Lake.
The zone in force in China Lake is America/Los_Angeles, with an offset of UTC−8. Seasonal change: No.
Today the sun comes up at 6:22 AM in China Lake and goes down at 4:50 PM. Daylight measures 10 h 28 min.
Places close to China Lake, among them Ridgecrest and China Lake Acres, share its time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in China Lake?
- Local time in China Lake is determined by America/Los_Angeles, with an offset of −8.
- Does China Lake observe daylight saving time?
- No.
- Tell me the sunrise hour in China Lake.
- The sunrise hour is 6:22 AM.