San Rafael in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.9818, -122.5070
- Population
- 59 162
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3920 km away
- Same name
- 1031 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in San Rafael, California, United States
This page keeps the current time in San Rafael, California, United States, according to the America/Los_Angeles zone (−7).
San Rafael, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−7 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in San Rafael
UTC−7 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in San Rafael, California.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:21 AM Solar noon 12:56 PM Sunset 6:31 PM Daylight 11 h 10 min Night 12 h 50 min Civil twilight 6:55 AM – 6:58 PM
Weather in San Rafael right now
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San Rafael and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 87051
- 94901
- 94903
- 94912
- 94913
- 94915
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 San Rafael
- San Rafael Mendoza, Argentina
- San Rafael Zulia, Venezuela
- San Rafael Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
- San Rafael Cartago Province, Costa Rica
- San Rafael Heredia Province, Costa Rica
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
- Cerro — 2.4 km
- Santa Venetia — 2.4 km
- Los Ranchitos — 3.3 km
- Golf (historical) — 3.5 km
- Forbes (historical) — 3.5 km
- Greenbrae — 4.0 km
About the time in San Rafael
For Santa Venetia and Cerro near San Rafael, the clock reads the same.
San Rafael spans 6 postal codes.
Clocks in San Rafael are set by America/Los_Angeles and read UTC−7. Daylight saving time: Yes.
For San Rafael today, sunrise is 7:21 AM and sunset is 6:31 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 10 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in San Rafael?
- The clock in San Rafael follows America/Los_Angeles, with an offset of −7.
- Are seasonal time changes observed in San Rafael?
- Yes.
- Both sunrise and sunset in San Rafael — what times?
- 7:21 AM and 6:31 PM.