Current time in Reno, United States
The current local time in Reno is shown below. Reno 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?
What's the timezone history of Reno?
Reno uses Pacific Time alongside the rest of Nevada west of the state's centre, sharing the offset with neighbouring California across the Sierra. The state line east of Reno produces no timezone change despite the substantial geographic boundary of the mountains. The Utah border to the east marks the change to Mountain Time, around 660 kilometres away. The Nevada-Arizona border to the south produces an unusual seasonal pattern: Arizona's exemption from DST means Reno and Phoenix sit on the same wall-clock time only during winter.
What are the working hours in Reno?
Reno's working economy has been substantially reshaped over the past decade from its casino and divorce-tourism heritage toward technology and distribution, with the Tesla Gigafactory east of the city at Sparks producing significant industrial growth and Apple and Switch (the data centre operator) maintaining major operations nearby. Office hours run 08:30 to 17:00 in conventional sectors, with casino operations running around the clock. The annual Burning Man festival in late August, held in the Black Rock Desert 200 kilometres north, draws around 70,000 attendees through the city.
Where is Reno?
Reno sits in a basin in the Truckee Meadows of north-western Nevada, around 35 kilometres north-east of Lake Tahoe and 350 kilometres east of San Francisco across the Sierra Nevada. The metropolitan area holds around 480,000 residents, making it the second-largest city in Nevada after the Las Vegas region. The Sierra Nevada rises sharply to the west, with Mount Rose at around 3,285 metres anchoring the snow-shed that produces the city's water supply. The Truckee River runs through the centre, draining Lake Tahoe eastward toward Pyramid Lake.