Current Time in Seattle, United States
Check the current local time in Seattle, United States. Seattle uses the America/Los_Angeles time zone, with PST (UTC -8:00) during standard time and PDT (UTC -7:00) during daylight saving time.
Seattle Time Zone
Time Zone
America/Los_Angeles
Seattle, United States
Current zone: PDT
Source: IANA Time Zone Database
Standard Time
PST
UTC -8:00
Used outside daylight saving time
Daylight Time
PDT
UTC -7:00
Observed during daylight saving time
Next DST Change
DST ends
November 1, 2026
Based on Second Sunday in March / First Sunday in November
About Seattle Time: PST & PDT
Seattle operates on the America/Los_Angeles timezone, switching between PST (Pacific Standard Time, UTC −8:00) in winter and PDT (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC −7:00) from mid-March to early November. Seattle is the Pacific Northwest's largest city and shares its timezone with the entire US West Coast from California to Washington state, as well as British Columbia in Canada (where Vancouver observes the same PST/PDT schedule).
Seattle is home to two globally influential technology companies — Amazon (headquartered in South Lake Union) and Microsoft (headquartered in nearby Redmond) — making Pacific Time increasingly relevant for enterprise software, cloud computing, and e-commerce scheduling worldwide. Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure operational schedules, maintenance windows, and release cycles are frequently communicated in PST/PDT.
Seattle is also a major maritime port — the Port of Seattle is one of the busiest container terminals on the US West Coast — with significant trade flows to and from Asia. Container ship scheduling across the Pacific creates constant coordination between Seattle (PST/PDT) and ports in Busan, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Singapore (UTC +8:00 to +9:00), a difference of 15–17 hours that requires around-the-clock port operations.
Seattle observes the standard US DST schedule: clocks advance on the second Sunday in March and fall back on the first Sunday in November. Washington state has not moved to abolish DST despite periodic legislative discussions.
Business Hours & Best Time to Call Seattle
Seattle business hours run 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM PST/PDT, Monday to Friday. Tech companies often operate flexible hours.
- Best time to call from New York (EST): 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM EST (6:00–11:00 AM PST)
- Best time to call from London (GMT): 5:00–8:00 PM GMT (9:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST)
- Best time to call from Vancouver (PST): All business hours (same timezone)
- Best time to call from Tokyo (JST): 12:00–2:00 AM JST (8:00–10:00 AM PST)
- Best time to call from Singapore (SGT): 9:00–11:00 PM SGT (5:00–7:00 AM PST)
Seattle vs Major Cities
Daylight Saving Time
Clocks change in Seattle in 130 days
DST ends on November 1, 2026. Clocks fall back — sunrise and sunset shift one hour earlier in Seattle.
Other Cities in America/Los_Angeles
These cities share the same time zone as Seattle — when it's 8:51:35 PM here, it's the same local time there.
Other Cities in United States
Major cities in United States — some may be in a different time zone than Seattle if the country spans multiple zones.
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