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Current time in Rancho Santa Margarita, United States

Monday, 31 August 2026

Pacific Daylight TimeUTC-07:00

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Rancho Santa Margarita 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

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Weather in Rancho Santa Margarita

Conditions near Rancho Santa Margarita and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.

20°C

Mist

Feels like
22°C
Humidity
96%
Wind
6.8 km/h S
Recent precipitation
0 mm

3-day forecast

  1. Sunny20°C to 23°C10% chance of precipitationWind up to 15.1 km/h
  2. Sunny20°C to 24°C4% chance of precipitationWind up to 19.8 km/h
  3. Sunny21°C to 24°C4% chance of precipitationWind up to 20.9 km/h

Forecast valid from 04:30 local time. Updated 2026-08-31T11:36:40.355Z; refresh due by 2026-08-31T11:51:40.355Z.

Time-zone identity for Rancho Santa Margarita

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.

Rancho Santa Margarita is currently 7 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.

Next clock change in Rancho Santa Margarita

UTC-08:00UTC-08:00

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 Rancho Santa Margarita

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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  9. UTC-07:00 UTC-07:00UTC offset decreased by
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Next 5 years

  1. UTC-08:00 UTC-08:00UTC offset decreased by
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  3. UTC-08:00 UTC-08:00UTC offset decreased by
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  6. UTC-07:00 UTC-07:00UTC offset decreased by
  7. UTC-08:00 UTC-08:00UTC offset decreased by
  8. UTC-07:00 UTC-07:00UTC offset decreased by
  9. UTC-08:00 UTC-08:00UTC offset decreased by
  10. UTC-07:00 UTC-07:00UTC offset decreased by

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 Rancho Santa Margarita

Location details for Rancho Santa Margarita in California, United States.

Administrative area
California, United States
Population
49,324
Coordinates
33.6409° N, 117.6031° W. The elevation is 289 metres.

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Sources for Rancho Santa Margarita time and city facts

Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.

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  • GeoNames cities15000
    GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · Accessed
    City and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
  • IANA Time Zone Database
    Internet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · Accessed
    Time-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
  • Unicode Common Locale Data Repository
    Unicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · Accessed
    English display names for countries, currencies and languages.
  • Weather and Geolocation API
    WeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · Accessed
    Current weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.