| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00Thu | +8h | Becomes +7h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00Thu | +9h | Becomes +8h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00Thu | +11h | Becomes +12h on 1 Nov |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00Thu | +16h | Becomes +17h on 1 Nov |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00Thu | +17h | Becomes +18h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00 | +3h | Becomes +2h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00 | ±0h |
San Jose, United States runs on UTC−7. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−8 in winter, UTC−7 in summer. Next change: 1 Nov. The time difference between San Jose and New York is 3 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 6 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–15:00 in San Jose lines up with 12:00–18:00 in New York. The time difference between San Jose and London is 8 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hour a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–10:00 in San Jose lines up with 17:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between San Jose and Tokyo is 16 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hour a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 17:00–18:00 in San Jose lines up with 09:00–10:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from San Jose.
San Jose (United States) is home to roughly 1.0M people. Today brings about 11.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:02, sunset at 18:53. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−8 in winter, UTC−7 in summer. Next change: 1 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 37° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
United States
Capital
Washington DC
Continent
North America
Time Zone
PDT · America/Los_Angeles
Coordinates
37.34°N, 121.89°W
Currency
USD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Imperial
Did You Know?
San Jose is the largest city in Silicon Valley and has among the highest median household incomes of any large US city. It was also California's first state capital, in 1850, for two years before the government moved on.
The clock: San Jose keeps Pacific Time at UTC−8. Much of the world's software release schedule is set by this time zone, which is why so many product launches happen at 10:00 PT.
San Jose lies at 121.9°W. Its time zone, UTC−8, is built around the 120°W meridian. The 1.9° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 8 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:08 rather than 12:00. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 68 minutes and pushing solar noon to 13:08.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 14h 44m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 9h 35m. The swing between them is 5h 9m. This is the latitude band where the difference between summer and winter evenings is most obvious.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In San Jose the sun comes up earliest on 14 June at 05:46, while the latest sunset waits until 30 June at 20:32. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In San Jose that civil twilight runs about 26 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 31 minutes at the solstice.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for San Jose, United States is America/Los_Angeles with a current UTC offset of UTC−7.
San Jose has an estimated population of 1.0M and is located at coordinates 37.34°N, 121.89°W.
San Jose gets 14h 44m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 35m on its shortest, averaging 12h 12m a day across the year.
Solar noon in San Jose falls at about 12:08 on UTC−8 standard time, because the city sits 1.9° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Capital of Silicon Valley: San Jose is the largest city in Silicon Valley and has among the highest median household incomes of any large US city. It was also California's first state capital, in 1850, for two years before the government moved on.