Taft in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.1267, -119.4240
- Elevation
- 291 m above sea level
- Population
- 9 495
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 3753 km away
- Same name
- 22 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Taft, California, United States
The local time in Taft, California, United States — in the America/Los_Angeles time zone (−7) — is shown on this page.
Taft, United States
Monday, 26 October 2026
UTC−7 · America/Los_Angeles
Local time in Taft
UTC−7 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Taft, California.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:14 AM Solar noon 12:43 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 10 h 57 min Night 13 h 03 min Civil twilight 6:48 AM – 6:37 PM
Weather in Taft right now
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Taft and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 38488
- 74463
- 78390
- 93268
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 Taft
- Taft Yazd Province, Iran
- Taft Eastern Visayas, Philippines
- Taft Texas, United States
- Taft Florida, United States
- Taft Oklahoma, 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
- South Taft — 3.0 km
- Ford City — 4.2 km
- Buena Vista Mobile Home Park — 4.5 km
- Taft Heights — 4.5 km
- Spellacy — 4.6 km
- Wallace Center — 6.1 km
Taft: clock, sun and surroundings
Sunrise today is 7:14 AM in Taft, with sunset at 6:11 PM. That works out to 10 h 57 min of light.
Around Taft, places such as South Taft and Ford City use the same time.
Postal numbering in Taft covers 4 codes.
Local time in Taft is governed by America/Los_Angeles at UTC−7. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for Taft?
- Use America/Los_Angeles for Taft; its offset is −7.
- Does the time in Taft shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- Yes.
- When does the sun come up in Taft?
- Sunrise in Taft is at 7:14 AM.