Current time in Tacoma, United States
The current local time in Tacoma is shown below. Tacoma 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 Tacoma?
Tacoma uses Pacific Time alongside the rest of Washington state. The federal DST schedule applies. The city's longitude around 122.4 degrees west sits east of the Pacific Standard Time meridian, leaving wall time slightly ahead of mean solar noon. The Pacific Northwest's high latitude produces strong seasonal day-length variation, with summer sunsets extending past 21:00 in June and winter sunrises after 07:30 in December. Washington's 2019 ballot-approved permanent DST has not been implemented pending federal coordination with Oregon and California.
What are the working hours in Tacoma?
The port, the military presence at JBLM (around 40,000 personnel), and a substantial healthcare workforce centred on MultiCare Health System and CHI Franciscan anchor employment. Office hours run 08:30 to 17:00. The substantial Pacific Northwest outdoor recreation culture extends working calendars around Mount Rainier and the Olympic Peninsula in summer and around the Cascade ski resorts in winter. The Daffodil Festival in early April is the largest distinctive local civic calendar event. Federal holidays apply alongside the JBLM military rhythm.
Where is Tacoma?
Tacoma sits at the southern end of Puget Sound in Washington state, around 50 kilometres south of Seattle. The city proper holds around 220,000 residents and the wider Tacoma-Lakewood metropolitan area reaches approximately 940,000. Mount Rainier, at 4,392 metres, rises around 80 kilometres south-east and dominates the eastern skyline on clear days. The Port of Tacoma, jointly managed with the Port of Seattle as the Northwest Seaport Alliance since 2015, is one of the largest US container terminals by TEU volume. Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the major US Army installation, lies immediately south.