Current Local Time in Santa Cruz, California, United States
About Santa Cruz
Discover Santa Cruz, which is located in United States, home to 64,220 residents, with a Latitude, Longitude of 36° 58' 26.83" N, 36° 58' 26.83" N. Today is Tuesday, February 11, and the city observes the Pacific Standard Time time zone. The next daylight saving time change is just 25 days away. It's 2 days away from the next major holiday, Valentine's Day. To view additional holidays for this year, you can reference the holiday calendar for United States.
Stay informed with the current local time in Santa Cruz, including the exact day of the week and date. Discover detailed information about the local time zone, population, sunrise and sunset, and other interesting facts about Santa Cruz, United States. Find everything you need to know about Santa Cruz, including its population, time zone, currency, and dialing code for United States.
Current Date and Time Information
This year is not a leap year, so we have no extra day in February and only 365 days this year. We have 17 more days left in the month of February. We are currently on the 42nd day of the year, with 323 days remaining and so far 11.51% of the year has passed.
Key Information About Santa Cruz
- Time Zone
- Pacific Standard Time
- Daylight Savings
- Currently not observing daylight savings
- Daylight Saving Time Begins: March 9, 2025
- On Sunday, March 9th 2025, at 02:00 AM, clocks will be turned forward by one hour to 03:00 AM. This marks the beginning of Daylight Saving Time (DST). Remember to adjust your clocks accordingly.
- Current UTC Offset
- UTC -08
- Country ISO 2
- US
- Country ISO 3
- USA
- Population
- 64,220
- Country Dialing Code
- +1
- Top Level Domain
- .us
- Time Zone Identifier
- America/Los Angeles
- State/Region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 11 Meters or 36 Feet
- Currency Code / Name
- USD / Dollar
- Coordinates in Decimal Degrees (DD)
- Latitude: 36.97412
Longitude: -122.0308 - Coordinates in Degrees, Minutes and Seconds (DMS)
- Latitude: 36° 58' 26.83" N
Longitude: 122° 1' 50.88" W - Coordinates in Degrees and Decimal Minutes (DMM)
- Latitude: 36° 58.447' N
Longitude: 122° 1.848' W - Alternate Names of Santa Cruz
- City of the Holy Cross, Newport of California, Newport of the Pacific, Santa Cruz, Santa Krouz, Santa Krus, Santa Kruz, Santa-Krus, Santa-Kruz, Santa-Kruzo, Santakruza, Santakrūza, Surf City, Swantacruz