Santa Cruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.9734, -122.0360
- Population
- 64 220
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3912 km away
- Same name
- 1208 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Santa Cruz, California, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Santa Cruz, California, United States, which uses America/Los_Angeles (−7).
Santa Cruz, United States
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC−7 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Santa Cruz
UTC−7 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Santa Cruz, California.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:19 AM Solar noon 12:54 PM Sunset 6:30 PM Daylight 11 h 12 min Night 12 h 48 min Civil twilight 6:52 AM – 6:57 PM
Weather in Santa Cruz right now
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Santa Cruz and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 87567
- 95060
- 95061
- 95062
- 95063
- 95064
- 95065
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 Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz National Capital Region, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Calabarzon, Philippines
- Santa Cruz Central Luzon, Philippines
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
- Allegro Heights — 0.2 km
- Pueblo de Figueroa (historical) — 0.7 km
- Seabright — 2.6 km
- Rapetti (historical) — 2.8 km
- Twin Lakes — 3.4 km
- Pasatiempo — 3.6 km
Local time details for Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz observes America/Los_Angeles time, currently expressed as UTC−7. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Daylight in Santa Cruz starts at 7:19 AM and ends at 6:30 PM today. It lasts 11 h 12 min.
Santa Cruz, Allegro Heights and Pueblo de Figueroa (historical) all run on one and the same time.
Santa Cruz spans 7 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Santa Cruz?
- Time in Santa Cruz follows the America/Los_Angeles time zone, with an offset of −7.
- Are the clocks in Santa Cruz adjusted for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving in Santa Cruz: Yes.
- Please give the sunset time for Santa Cruz.
- The sun sets at 6:30 PM.