San Jose to Long Beach, CA: time difference
Long Beach, CA is 1 h behind San Jose. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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San Jose 17:44 5:44 PM Long Beach, CA 16:44 4:44 PM You –:–
17:44 5:44 PM
Central Standard Time · UTC-6
☀️ 05:26 · 🌙 17:17
16:44 4:44 PM
Pacific Daylight Time · UTC-7
☀️ 07:03 · 🌙 18:13
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−1 h
Long Beach, CA is 1 h behind San Jose.
When you, San Jose and Long Beach, CA are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇨🇷 San Jose
0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM
🇺🇸 Long Beach, CA
23 11 PM 0 12 AM 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇨🇷 San Jose | 🇺🇸 Long Beach, CA |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 17:44 | 16:44 |
| Local date | Wednesday, October 21, 2026 | Wednesday, October 21, 2026 |
| Time zone | Central Standard Time | Pacific Daylight Time |
| UTC offset | UTC-6 | UTC-7 |
| Offset from San Jose | — | −1 h |
| IANA zone | America/Costa Rica | America/Los Angeles |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On summer time → UTC-8, Nov 1, 01:00 |
| Sunrise | 05:26 | 07:03 |
| Sunset | 17:17 | 18:13 |
| Daylight | 11 h 52 min | 11 h 10 min |
| People on this clock | 342,188 | 469,450 |
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San Jose and Long Beach, CA: common questions
How far behind San Jose is Long Beach, CA?
Long Beach is 1 hour behind San Jose: UTC−7 against UTC−6.
If it is 9:00 AM in San Jose, what time is it in Long Beach, CA?
At 9:00 AM in San Jose, clocks in Long Beach show 8:00 AM.
What time is it in Long Beach, CA, at the end of the working day in San Jose?
The working day in San Jose ends at 6:00 PM; in Long Beach it is 5:00 PM at that moment.
When do working hours in San Jose and in Long Beach, CA, overlap?
Working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in San Jose, which is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Long Beach.
When is it still the previous day in Long Beach, CA?
Until 1:00 AM in San Jose it is still the previous day in Long Beach. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Long Beach it is already the next day in San Jose.
Is the time difference between San Jose and Long Beach, CA, the same all year?
No. Only Long Beach switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From November 1, 2026, Long Beach will be 2 hours behind San Jose.
