Shafter in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.0044, -122.7090
- Elevation
- 51 m above sea level
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3936 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Shafter, California, United States
This page shows the time as it is now in Shafter, California, United States, in the America/Los_Angeles time zone (−7).
Shafter, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−7 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Shafter
UTC−7 · daylight saving time is active
Shafter keeps America/Los_Angeles clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:37 AM Solar noon 12:56 PM Sunset 6:14 PM Daylight 10 h 38 min Night 13 h 22 min Civil twilight 7:09 AM – 6:42 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
- Lagunitas — 1.0 km
- Irving (historical) — 1.9 km
- Forest Knolls — 2.1 km
- Lagunitas-Forest Knolls — 2.2 km
- Taylorville (historical) — 3.9 km
- San Geronimo — 4.1 km
About the time in Shafter
For Lagunitas and Irving (historical) near Shafter, the clock reads the same.
Shafter is covered by 1 postal code.
Clocks in Shafter are set by America/Los_Angeles and read UTC−7. Daylight saving time: Yes.
In Shafter today the sun is out from 7:37 AM until 6:14 PM. That comes to 10 h 38 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- What is Shafter's time zone?
- Shafter's time zone is America/Los_Angeles, with an offset of −7.
- Does Shafter apply a daylight saving adjustment?
- Yes.
- What time does the sun rise in Shafter?
- The sun rises in Shafter at 7:37 AM.