Current time in Spokane, United States
The current local time in Spokane is shown below. Spokane observes PST in winter and PDT during daylight saving time.
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Spokane uses Pacific Time and observes federal DST, sharing the offset with Seattle despite the substantial geographic separation of the Cascades. The Idaho state line around 30 kilometres east of Spokane marks the change to Mountain Time, producing the closest major timezone discontinuity to a US population centre after the Texas-New Mexico border. The Spokane region's commuter and economic integration with Coeur d'Alene in Idaho means many workers cross the time boundary daily, gaining an hour going east in the morning and losing it returning west in the evening.
What are the working hours in Spokane?
Spokane's working economy combines the substantial healthcare sector (Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Multicare are the largest employers), a regional banking and finance cluster, the higher-education sector anchored by Gonzaga University, and the substantial military presence at Fairchild Air Force Base. Office hours run 08:00 to 17:00. The Hoopfest three-on-three basketball tournament in late June, the largest of its kind in the world, draws around 250,000 visitors and effectively shuts down downtown for the weekend.
Where is Spokane?
Spokane sits on the Spokane River in eastern Washington, around 450 kilometres east of Seattle across the Cascades and 30 kilometres west of the Idaho border. The metropolitan area holds around 580,000 residents, making it the largest city in the Inland Northwest region between Seattle and Minneapolis. The geography is high-plateau (around 580 metres elevation) and notably drier than coastal Washington, with the city sitting in a forest-and-grassland transition zone. The Spokane Falls drop sharply through the city centre, producing the distinctive downtown waterfall geography.