Palo AltoUnited States
Current time in Palo Alto, United States
Monday, 31 August 2026
Pacific Daylight TimeUTC-07:00
⛶ Full-screen clockPalo Alto time at a glance
- Country
- United States
- Location
- City in California
- Time zone
America/Los_Angeles- UTC offset now
UTC-07:00- Current zone label
- GMT-7
- Next clock change
- 1 November 2026 at 01:00 GMT-8
Weather now
Weather in Palo Alto
Conditions near Palo Alto and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Partly Cloudy
- Feels like
- 10°C
- Humidity
- 90%
- Wind
- 3.6 km/h W
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny11°C to 24°C7% chance of precipitationWind up to 21.2 km/h
- Sunny15°C to 24°C5% chance of precipitationWind up to 23 km/h
- Sunny15°C to 24°C6% chance of precipitationWind up to 17.3 km/h
Forecast valid from 06:15 local time. Updated 2026-08-31T13:34:26.002Z; refresh due by 2026-08-31T13:49:26.002Z.
Time-zone identity for Palo Alto
- IANA zone
America/Los_Angeles- UTC offset now
- UTC-07:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-7
- Clock-change status
- An offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Palo Alto is currently 7 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Next clock change in Palo Alto
This change comes from the IANA Time Zone Database. It is described as an offset change unless its daylight-saving purpose can be verified.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Palo Alto
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for America/Los_Angeles, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
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Next 5 years
- UTC-08:00 UTC-08:00UTC offset decreased by
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Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Location context
About Palo Alto
Location details for Palo Alto in California, United States.
- Administrative area
- California, United States
- Population
- 66,853
- Coordinates
- 37.4419° N, 122.1430° W. The elevation is 9 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Palo Alto
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Palo Alto. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- East Palo AltoCalifornia, United States3 km north
America/Los_AngelesSame local time - Menlo ParkCalifornia, United States3.7 km west
America/Los_AngelesSame local time - Los AltosCalifornia, United States6.8 km south
America/Los_AngelesSame local time - Mountain ViewCalifornia, United States8.1 km southeast
America/Los_AngelesSame local time - Redwood CityCalifornia, United States9.5 km northwest
America/Los_AngelesSame local time - SunnyvaleCalifornia, United States12 km southeast
America/Los_AngelesSame local time
Sources for Palo Alto time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.