Santa MonicaUnited States
Current time in Santa Monica, United States
Thursday, 15 October 2026
Pacific Daylight TimeUTC-07:00
⛶ Full-screen clockSanta Monica 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
Time-zone identity for Santa Monica
- 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.
Santa Monica is currently 7 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Next clock change in Santa Monica
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 Santa Monica
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 Santa Monica
Location details for Santa Monica in California, United States.
- Administrative area
- California, United States
- Population
- 93,220
- Coordinates
- 34.0195° N, 118.4914° W. The elevation is 32 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Santa Monica
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Santa Monica. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- BrentwoodCalifornia, United States3.9 km northeast
America/Los_AngelesSame local time - SawtelleCalifornia, United States4.3 km northeast
America/Los_AngelesSame local time - VeniceCalifornia, United States4.3 km southeast
America/Los_AngelesSame local time - Pacific PalisadesCalifornia, United States4.5 km northwest
America/Los_AngelesSame local time - Culver CityCalifornia, United States8.7 km east
America/Los_AngelesSame local time - Beverly HillsCalifornia, United States10 km northeast
America/Los_AngelesSame local time
Sources for Santa Monica time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 3 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.