Stanford in numbers
- Coordinates
- 37.4241, -122.1660
- Elevation
- 23 m above sea level
- Population
- 13 809
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3909 km away
- Same name
- 14 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Stanford, California, United States
The exact time in Stanford, California, United States is given here, for the America/Los_Angeles time zone (−8).
Stanford, United States
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC−8 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Stanford
UTC−8 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Stanford, California.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:37 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 5:10 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 6:09 AM – 5:37 PM
Weather in Stanford right now
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Stanford and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 40484
- 47463
- 59479
- 61774
- 94305
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 Stanford
- Stanford Western Cape, South Africa
- Stanford Kentucky, United States
- Stanford Illinois, United States
- Stanford Montana, United States
- Stanford England, United Kingdom
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
- College Terrace — 1.4 km
- Mayfield — 2.1 km
- Palo Alto — 2.8 km
- Menlo Park — 3.6 km
- Ladera — 3.9 km
- Alta Mesa — 3.9 km
Time and daylight in Stanford
Both College Terrace and Mayfield are near Stanford and keep its time.
Records show 5 postal codes for Stanford.
Stanford runs its day on America/Los_Angeles, which is offset UTC−8. Seasonal time adjustment: No.
Today in Stanford, daylight opens at 6:37 AM and closes at 5:10 PM. That span measures 10 h 33 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Stanford observe?
- Stanford observes America/Los_Angeles, whose offset is −8.
- Does Stanford observe daylight saving time?
- No.
- What hour brings sunrise in Stanford?
- The hour is 6:37 AM.