El Cajon in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.7948, -116.9630
- Population
- 103 679
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3633 km away
- Same name
- 126 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Cajon, California, United States
This page tells you the time right now in El Cajon, California, United States, in the America/Los_Angeles zone (−8).
El Cajon, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−8 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in El Cajon
UTC−8 · no daylight saving time
Local time in El Cajon, California.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:08 AM Solar noon 11:33 AM Sunset 4:57 PM Daylight 10 h 50 min Night 13 h 10 min Civil twilight 5:42 AM – 5:23 PM
Weather in El Cajon right now
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El Cajon and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 92019
- 92020
- 92021
- 92022
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 El Cajon
- El Cajon Hidalgo, Mexico
- El Cajón Puebla, Mexico
- El Cajón Michoacán, Mexico
- El Cajon Querétaro, Mexico
- El Cajon Guanajuato, Mexico
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
- Cajon Heights — 1.3 km
- Bostonia — 2.9 km
- Alta (historical) — 2.9 km
- Grossmont — 3.0 km
- Mount Helix — 3.4 km
- Casa De Oro-Mount Helix — 3.5 km
About the time in El Cajon
4 postal codes divide El Cajon.
El Cajon counts hours by America/Los_Angeles, which stands at UTC−8. Whether daylight saving is kept: No.
At El Cajon the sun clears the horizon at 6:08 AM and sinks again at 4:57 PM. The gap between them is 10 h 50 min.
Nearby Cajon Heights and Alta (historical) need no separate clock from El Cajon.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in El Cajon?
- Local time in El Cajon is determined by America/Los_Angeles, with an offset of −8.
- Does the local time in El Cajon change with daylight saving?
- No.
- What is the local sunrise time in El Cajon?
- Local sunrise is 6:08 AM.