Santa Barbara County in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.5383, -120.0310
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3827 km away
What time is it in Santa Barbara County, California, United States
This page carries the current local time for Santa Barbara County, California, United States, in the America/Los_Angeles time zone (−7).
Santa Barbara County, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−7 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Santa Barbara County
UTC−7 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Santa Barbara County.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:08 AM Solar noon 12:46 PM Sunset 6:25 PM Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:43 AM – 6:50 PM
Weather in Santa Barbara County right now
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Santa Barbara County and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 93460 Santa Ynez — 10.2 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
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
- Cachuma Village — 6.5 km
- Capitan — 8.4 km
- Orella (historical) — 8.6 km
- Ahwin (historical) — 8.7 km
- Santa Ynez — 9.6 km
- Tajiguas — 10.6 km
Time and daylight in Santa Barbara County
Neighbouring places Cachuma Village and Capitan run on Santa Barbara County time.
Addressing within Santa Barbara County draws on 1 postal code.
Santa Barbara County follows America/Los_Angeles, giving it a UTC−7 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? Yes.
Today's sun rises in Santa Barbara County at 7:08 AM, then sets at 6:25 PM. The day offers 11 h 16 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Santa Barbara County based on America/Los_Angeles?
- Yes, local time in Santa Barbara County is based on America/Los_Angeles, with an offset of −7.
- Do clocks change in Santa Barbara County during the year?
- Daylight saving in Santa Barbara County: Yes.
- When is the sun up in Santa Barbara County?
- The sun comes up at 7:08 AM.