Kern in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.3822, -118.9830
- Elevation
- 137 m above sea level
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3706 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Kern, California, United States
The time in Kern, California, United States at this very moment is shown below, in the America/Los_Angeles zone (−7).
Kern, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−7 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Kern
UTC−7 · daylight saving time is active
Kern keeps America/Los_Angeles clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:17 AM Solar noon 12:41 PM Sunset 6:05 PM Daylight 10 h 48 min Night 13 h 12 min Civil twilight 6:50 AM – 6:31 PM
Weather in Kern right now
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Kern and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 93305 Bakersfield — 0.5 km away
- 93301 Bakersfield — 3.1 km away
- 93384 Bakersfield — 3.4 km away
- 93302 Bakersfield — 3.4 km away
- 93306 Bakersfield — 4.0 km away
- 93304 Bakersfield — 5.9 km away
- 93307 Bakersfield — 6.1 km away
- 93308 Bakersfield — 7.2 km away
- 93309 Bakersfield — 8.7 km away
- 93220 Edison — 10.8 km away
- 93313 Bakersfield — 11.3 km away
- 93390 Bakersfield — 12.1 km away
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 Kern
- Kern Upper Austria, Austria
- Kern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Kern Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
- Kern Florida, United States
- Kern Missouri, 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
- East Bakersfield — 0.7 km
- Bakersfield — 3.4 km
- Kayandee — 4.0 km
- Maltha — 4.5 km
- Magunden — 4.8 km
- Seguro — 5.3 km
Time and daylight in Kern
12 distinct postal codes apply to Kern.
The time zone in effect for Kern is America/Los_Angeles, at UTC−7. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Today the sun comes up at 7:17 AM in Kern and goes down at 6:05 PM. Daylight measures 10 h 48 min.
Neighbouring East Bakersfield and Bakersfield keep the same hours as Kern.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Kern?
- Time in Kern follows the America/Los_Angeles time zone, with an offset of −7.
- Are the clocks in Kern adjusted for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving in Kern: Yes.
- What time does the sun set in Kern?
- The sun sets in Kern at 6:05 PM.