Desert Heights in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.2011, -116.1420
- Elevation
- 687 m above sea level
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3505 km away
What time is it in Desert Heights, California, United States
The clock on this page follows the local time of Desert Heights, California, United States, in the America/Los_Angeles zone (−8).
Desert Heights, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−8 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Desert Heights
UTC−8 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Desert Heights.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:12 AM Solar noon 11:30 AM Sunset 4:47 PM Daylight 10 h 35 min Night 13 h 25 min Civil twilight 5:46 AM – 5:13 PM
Weather in Desert Heights right now
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Desert Heights and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 92278 Twentynine Palms — 8.6 km away
- 92277 Twentynine Palms — 9.8 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
- Harmony Acres — 7.1 km
- Sunfair Heights — 8.3 km
- Twentynine Palms Base (historical) — 8.4 km
- Smoke Tree — 8.7 km
- The Plaza — 9.9 km
- Sunfair — 10.5 km
Local time details for Desert Heights
Desert Heights uses the America/Los_Angeles time zone with a UTC−8 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: No.
The sun rises over Desert Heights today at 6:12 AM and slips away at 4:47 PM. That leaves 10 h 35 min of daylight.
In Harmony Acres and Sunfair Heights the clock agrees with Desert Heights.
2 postal codes are listed for Desert Heights.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in Desert Heights?
- Local time in Desert Heights is determined by America/Los_Angeles, with an offset of −8.
- Does the time in Desert Heights shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- No.
- When does light arrive in Desert Heights?
- Light arrives at 6:12 AM.