El Centro in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.7873, -115.5580
- Population
- 43 956
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3511 km away
- Same name
- 65 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in El Centro, California, United States
Find the present-moment local time in El Centro, California, United States, which uses America/Los_Angeles (−7).
El Centro, United States
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
UTC−7 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in El Centro
UTC−7 · daylight saving time is active
El Centro keeps America/Los_Angeles clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:58 AM Solar noon 12:27 PM Sunset 5:57 PM Daylight 10 h 59 min Night 13 h 01 min Civil twilight 6:32 AM – 6:22 PM
Weather in El Centro right now
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El Centro and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 92243
- 92244
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 Centro
- El Centro Zacatecas, Mexico
- El Centro Guanajuato, Mexico
- El Centro Jalisco, Mexico
- El Centro Jalisco, Mexico
- El Centro Jalisco, 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
- Wilsie — 4.4 km
- Imperial — 5.7 km
- Anza — 5.8 km
- Heber — 6.8 km
- Watermans Corner — 10.3 km
- Meloland — 10.5 km
Local time details for El Centro
2 postal codes are attached to El Centro.
Time in El Centro follows the zone America/Los_Angeles, offset UTC−7. Seasonal clock shift: Yes.
Sunrise at El Centro today happens at 6:58 AM, sunset at 5:57 PM. The two are 10 h 59 min apart.
If you are looking near El Centro, both Wilsie and Imperial keep the same time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does El Centro use?
- El Centro uses America/Los_Angeles, which has an offset of −7.
- Does the local time in El Centro include a summer time period?
- Yes.
- When does the sun come up in El Centro?
- Sunrise in El Centro is at 6:58 AM.