Current time in San Francisco
United States · America/Los_Angeles
San Francisco, United States
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- Time zone
- PDT
- UTC offset
- UTC−7
- vs Wales
- −8h
- Daylight saving
- Observed
America/Los_Angeles
Current difference
Next change 1 Nov 2026
San Francisco compared with Wales
Live difference between San Francisco and Welsh time, plus the working hours you actually share.
San Francisco runs 8 hours behind of Wales at the moment. If you are arranging a call from Cardiff, Swansea or Newport, a 12:00 start here lands at 04:00 in San Francisco. Because San Francisco also changes its clocks, this gap is not fixed, it shifts by an hour for a few weeks each spring and autumn when the two countries switch on different dates.
When it is this time in San Francisco
The same moment, shown in major cities worldwide.
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San Francisco time, questions
- What time is it in San Francisco right now?
- The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in San Francisco, United States, updating every second. San Francisco uses the America/Los_Angeles time zone, currently PDT (UTC−7).
- What is the time difference between Wales and San Francisco?
- San Francisco is currently 8 hours behind of Wales. When it is 12:00 noon in Cardiff, it is 04:00 in San Francisco. Note that this gap can change by an hour at daylight saving transitions, which do not always happen on the same date in both countries.
- Does San Francisco observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. San Francisco changes its clocks twice a year. The next change is on 1 November 2026, when the offset moves from UTC−7 to UTC−8.
- What time zone is San Francisco in?
- San Francisco is in the America/Los_Angeles time zone of the IANA database, shown as PDT and equal to UTC−7.
Times are calculated from your device clock using the IANA time zone database. Compare with Cardiff · All cities