Essex in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.9060, -124.0350
- Elevation
- 23 m above sea level
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3967 km away
- Same name
- 29 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Essex, California, United States
This is a live clock for Essex, California, United States, showing local time in the America/Los_Angeles zone (−8).
Essex, United States
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC−8 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Essex
UTC−8 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Essex.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:57 AM Solar noon 12:01 PM Sunset 5:05 PM Daylight 10 h 07 min Night 13 h 53 min Civil twilight 6:28 AM – 5:34 PM
Weather in Essex right now
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Essex and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01929
- 05451
- 06426
- 12936
- 21221
- 51638
- 59916
- 60935
- 63846
- 92332
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 Essex
- Essex Maryland, United States
- Essex Ontario, Canada
- Essex Massachusetts, United States
- Essex Iowa, United States
- Essex Illinois, United States
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
- Glendale — 1.7 km
- Korblex — 3.0 km
- Fickle Hill — 4.8 km
- Alliance — 4.9 km
- Blue Lake — 5.0 km
- Sunny Brae — 5.9 km
About the time in Essex
The sun shows itself over Essex at 6:57 AM and sets at 5:05 PM today. That is 10 h 07 min of light.
Glendale and Korblex are neighbours of Essex on the same clock.
10 postal codes are current for Essex.
The time zone used in Essex is America/Los_Angeles, set at UTC−8. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone designation is used for Essex?
- The designation used for Essex is America/Los_Angeles, with an offset of −8.
- Does Essex observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Essex: No.
- When is the sun down in Essex?
- The sun goes down at 5:05 PM.