🇮🇳 New Delhi ↔ 🇺🇸 San Francisco
New Delhi is usually 12 hours 30 min ahead of San Francisco. San Francisco observes daylight saving time and New Delhi does not, so the difference shifts by an hour around the changeovers.
Sunrise 5:25 AMSunset 7:23 PM(local)
Sunrise 5:49 AMSunset 8:36 PM(local)
🇮🇳 New Delhi
Dialing code+91
Population317,797
Coordinates28.62°N, 77.21°E
Elevation211 m
🇺🇸 San Francisco
Dialing code+1
Population827,526
Coordinates37.77°N, 122.42°W
Elevation16 m
No comfortable common working hours — these cities barely overlap.
Working hours assumed 9:00–18:00.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the time difference between New Delhi and San Francisco?
- New Delhi is 12 hours 30 min ahead of San Francisco. Use the side-by-side clocks and the day/night strips above to convert any hour between them.
- When is the best time to call between New Delhi and San Francisco?
- There is no hour when standard working hours (9:00–18:00) overlap in both New Delhi and San Francisco, so any call falls outside business hours for at least one side.
- Why does the time difference between New Delhi and San Francisco change?
- Because at least one of New Delhi and San Francisco observes daylight saving time, the difference shifts by an hour when one city changes its clocks and the other has not yet (or does not).