Fairbanks in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.8657, -120.6700
- Elevation
- 1131 m above sea level
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3740 km away
- Same name
- 17 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Fairbanks, California, United States
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Fairbanks, California, United States, in the America/Los_Angeles zone (−8).
Fairbanks, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−8 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Fairbanks
UTC−8 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Fairbanks, California.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:39 AM Solar noon 11:48 AM Sunset 4:57 PM Daylight 10 h 18 min Night 13 h 42 min Civil twilight 6:11 AM – 5:25 PM
Weather in Fairbanks right now
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Fairbanks and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 47849
- 71240
- 99701
- 99706
- 99707
- 99708
- 99709
- 99710
- 99711
- 99712
- 99775
- 99790
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 Fairbanks
- Fairbanks Alaska, United States
- Fairbanks Arkansas, United States
- Fairbanks Florida, United States
- Fairbanks Illinois, United States
- Fairbanks Indiana, 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
- Deer View — 2.5 km
- Soapweed — 2.7 km
- Pino Grande — 3.9 km
- Claussenius — 5.3 km
- Quintette — 5.7 km
- Old Pino — 5.7 km
Fairbanks: clock, sun and surroundings
The time you see for Fairbanks is also correct for Deer View and Soapweed.
Fairbanks is served by a set of 12 postal codes.
The zone applied in Fairbanks is America/Los_Angeles with offset UTC−8. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Sunrise comes to Fairbanks at 6:39 AM and sunset at 4:57 PM today. Together that makes 10 h 18 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Fairbanks?
- Use America/Los_Angeles to show the time in Fairbanks; its offset is −8.
- Does Fairbanks adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- No.
- What time is sunset in Fairbanks?
- It is 4:57 PM.