Sacramento in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.5666, -121.4680
- Population
- 524 943
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3815 km away
- Same name
- 56 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sacramento, California, United States
The reading below is the local time in Sacramento, California, United States, taken from the America/Los_Angeles zone (−7).
Sacramento, United States
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC−7 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Sacramento
UTC−7 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Sacramento, California.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:39 Solar noon 13:06 Sunset 19:33 Daylight 12 h 54 min Night 11 h 06 min Civil twilight 06:12 – 20:00
Weather in Sacramento right now
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Sacramento and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 17968
- 42372
- 88347
- 94203
- 94204
- 94205
- 94206
- 94207
- 94208
- 94209
- 94211
- 94229
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
- Long Beach 474 140
Other places named Sacramento
- Sacramento Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Sacramento Coahuila, Mexico
- Sacramento San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- Sacramento Kentucky, United States
- Sacramento Panamá Oeste Province, Panama
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
- Oak Park — 1.7 km
- Highland Park — 2.1 km
- Elvas — 2.5 km
- Fruitridge Pocket — 3.9 km
- North Sacramento — 4.5 km
- Brighton — 4.8 km
About the time in Sacramento
Postal designations for Sacramento total 12.
The time zone assigned to Sacramento is America/Los_Angeles, held at UTC−7. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Today's schedule for Sacramento: sunrise 06:39, sunset 19:33. That gives 12 h 54 min of daylight.
Neighbouring Fruitridge Pocket and West Sacramento sit in the same time as Sacramento.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in Sacramento?
- Local time in Sacramento is determined by America/Los_Angeles, with an offset of −7.
- Is daylight saving time used in Sacramento?
- Yes.
- Sunset in Sacramento is at what time?
- At 19:33.