Time zone in Seattle
Seattle is on Pacific Standard Time (PST, UTC-8) in winter and switches to Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC-7) in summer. Its identifier in the international time zone database is America/Los_Angeles: it is what your phone and computer use to show the right time there.
Clock changes in Seattle:
- 2026: forward 1 h on Sunday, March 8, 2026 (2:00 AM becomes 3:00 AM), then back 1 h on Sunday, November 1, 2026 (2:00 AM becomes 1:00 AM).
- 2027: forward 1 h on Sunday, March 14, 2027 (2:00 AM becomes 3:00 AM), then back 1 h on Sunday, November 7, 2027 (2:00 AM becomes 1:00 AM).
Seattle follows the North American rule: clocks go forward on the second Sunday of March and back on the first Sunday of November, at 2:00 AM local time.
Seattle shares its time with Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Las Vegas.
Seattle is 3,736 km from Washington, D.C., the capital.
By the sun, noon in Seattle falls at about 12:09 PM in winter and 1:09 PM in summer (on average over the year). The city lies at 122.33° west, and every degree of longitude shifts the sun by 4 minutes. Clock time is close to sun time here. See the sunrise and sunset times in Seattle.
Time difference with major cities
When it is 12:00 PM (noon) in Seattle, it is:
| City | January | July |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 3:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| London | 8:00 PM | 8:00 PM |
| Paris | 9:00 PM | 9:00 PM |
| Tokyo | 5:00 AM, next day | 4:00 AM, next day |
| Sydney | 7:00 AM, next day | 5:00 AM, next day |
| Chicago | 2:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
The gap with Tokyo changes by one hour during the year, because Seattle changes its clocks and this city does not. With Sydney, the gap is not the same in January and July: the clocks change at other times of the year there. With London and Paris, the gap is the same in January and July but one hour different for 21 days a year, because the clocks do not change on the same dates.
Best time to call Seattle from New York
To reach someone at work in Seattle from New York, the best window is from 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM in New York, which is 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Seattle.
For any other city, use the time zone converter or add it to the world clock.