Helena in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.7735, -123.1280
- Elevation
- 424 m above sea level
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3896 km away
- Same name
- 26 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Helena, California, United States
Read off the current local time in Helena, California, United States, which belongs to the America/Los_Angeles zone (−8).
Helena, United States
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC−8 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Helena
UTC−8 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Helena.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:45 AM Solar noon 11:57 AM Sunset 5:09 PM Daylight 10 h 24 min Night 13 h 36 min Civil twilight 6:17 AM – 5:38 PM
Weather in Helena right now
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Helena and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 13649
- 35080
- 43435
- 59601
- 59602
- 59604
- 59620
- 59623
- 59624
- 59625
- 59626
- 64459
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 Helena
- Helena Montana, United States
- Helena Alabama, United States
- Helena Arkansas, United States
- Helena Georgia, United States
- Helena Oklahoma, 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
- Junction City — 7.7 km
- Big Bar — 11.4 km
- Dedrick — 12.5 km
- Trinity County — 13.7 km
- Globe Mill — 15.1 km
- Northwest Trinity — 16.2 km
Time and daylight in Helena
Records show 12 postal codes for Helena.
The zone in force in Helena is America/Los_Angeles, with an offset of UTC−8. Seasonal change: No.
The sun is up at 6:45 AM in Helena and down again at 5:09 PM. Between those times there are 10 h 24 min of daylight.
The same local time applies in Helena, Junction City and Big Bar.
Questions and answers
- Should America/Los_Angeles be used as the time zone for Helena?
- Yes, Helena uses America/Los_Angeles, whose offset is −8.
- Is daylight saving time observed at this location, Helena?
- Daylight saving time in Helena: No.
- At what hour does the sun rise in Helena?
- At 6:45 AM.