Shafter in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.5005, -119.2720
- Population
- 18 336
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3727 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Shafter, California, United States
Get the current local time in Shafter, California, United States, a location in the America/Los_Angeles time zone (−8).
Shafter, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−8 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Shafter
UTC−8 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Shafter.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:26 AM Solar noon 11:42 AM Sunset 4:58 PM Daylight 10 h 32 min Night 13 h 28 min Civil twilight 5:59 AM – 5:25 PM
Weather in Shafter right now
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Shafter and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 93263
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 Shafter
- Shafter California, United States
- Shafter Illinois, United States
- Shafter Kentucky, United States
- Shafter Missouri, United States
- Shafter Nevada, United States
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
- North Shafter — 1.7 km
- Thomas Lane — 1.9 km
- Myricks Corner — 2.5 km
- Smith Corner — 2.5 km
- Mexican Colony — 3.5 km
- Cherokee Strip — 3.8 km
Local time details for Shafter
The time zone here in Shafter is America/Los_Angeles, offset UTC−8. Does daylight saving apply? No.
First light in Shafter comes at 6:26 AM today; darkness returns after 4:58 PM. The day gives 10 h 32 min of light.
Clocks in North Shafter and Thomas Lane read the same as clocks in Shafter.
1 codes are used to address mail in Shafter.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Shafter?
- Shafter uses the America/Los_Angeles time zone, which has an offset of −8.
- Does Shafter switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Shafter: No.
- How late in the morning does the sun rise in Shafter?
- It rises at 6:26 AM.