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
The time you see here is the local time in San Rafael, California, United States, in the America/Los_Angeles time zone (−7).
San Rafael, United States
Friday, 4 September 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 06:44 Solar noon 13:10 Sunset 19:37 Daylight 12 h 53 min Night 11 h 07 min Civil twilight 06:17 – 20:04
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
6 codes are used to address mail in San Rafael.
Clocks in San Rafael are set by America/Los_Angeles and read UTC−7. Daylight saving time: Yes.
The sun climbs above San Rafael at 06:44 and dips below at 19:37. Between them sit 12 h 53 min of daylight.
Neighbouring places Santa Venetia and Ross run on San Rafael time.
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?
- 06:44 and 19:37.