Current time in Bakersfield, United States
The current local time in Bakersfield is shown below. Bakersfield observes PST in winter and PDT during daylight saving time.
What's the daylight saving status?
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Standard abbreviation
- PST
- DST abbreviation
- PDT
- Observes daylight saving
- Yes
- Country
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Bakersfield?
Bakersfield uses Pacific Time alongside the rest of California, with the federal DST schedule. The Central Valley's interior longitude around 119 degrees west sits east of the Pacific Standard Time meridian, so wall time runs slightly ahead of mean solar noon in standard months. The Tehachapi Mountains to the south create a substantial weather and air-quality barrier between the Central Valley and the Los Angeles Basin, but no timezone boundary. Nevada immediately east uses Pacific Time. Arizona to the south-east uses Mountain Standard Time year-round.
What are the working hours in Bakersfield?
Oil and gas extraction (the Kern River Oil Field, in continuous production since 1899, is one of the largest in California), agriculture (Kern County leads the United States in agricultural production by value), and a substantial logistics workforce along the Highway 99 and Interstate 5 corridors anchor employment. Office hours run 08:00 to 17:00. Summer heat between June and September regularly exceeds 38 degrees Celsius, producing routine outdoor-work scheduling adjustments. The Kern County Fair in late September is the largest distinctive local civic event. Country music heritage (Buck Owens, Merle Haggard) shapes local cultural calendar events.
Where is Bakersfield?
Bakersfield sits at the southern end of the Central Valley in California, around 175 kilometres north of Los Angeles. The city proper holds around 410,000 residents and Kern County roughly 920,000. The city sits at low elevation in the southern San Joaquin Valley, with the Sierra Nevada rising to the east and the Tehachapi Mountains forming a barrier to the south. The Kern River, normally diverted to agricultural use upstream, runs through the city. The Tejon Pass on Interstate 5 provides the main southern connection to the Los Angeles Basin.