Time zone in Seattle indicates uniformity of time in all the places located within Seattle. Time zone in Seattle is one among the 24 standard world time zones, having space of an hour and length of 15 degrees of longitude, with reference to the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Seattle time zone not only offers information about the time differences in Seattle, but also indicates the location of the city and all other information associated with Seattle time.
Seattle Time Zone
The American city of Seattle falls under the Pacific Standard Time (PST) Zone. Seattle time is 3 hours behind New York (on the Atlantic Standard Time), 2 hours ahead of time in Hawaii (on the Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time), 1 hour behind Colorado time (on the Mountain Standard Time), 2 hours behind time in Alabama (on the Central Standard Time) and 1 hour ahead of Alaska (on the Alaska Standard Time).
During summer and spring seasons, time in Seattle transforms itself to daylight time, following the shift of Pacific Standard Time into Pacific Daylight Time.
Accordingly, the clocks in Seattle are reset an hour
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ahead in the beginning of springtime and one hour behind with the onset of autumn.
Facts about Time in Seattle
Time in different countries across the world is determined on the basis of their latitudinal and longitudinal positions, and Seattle is no exception. As an important city in United States, Seattle in Washington D.C. is positioned on 47° 38' north and 122° 20' west coordinates. Seattle standard time is 8 hours behind the Greenwich Mean Time. At present, the city does not have any daylight saving time.
Sunrise and Sunset in Seattle
Sunrise in Seattle occurs at 7:48 A.M. in the morning, at an altitude of 19° above the skyline. The sun sets everyday nearly at 4:18 P.M., in 235° direction from south-west to west. In Seattle, a day lasts for 8 hours 29 minutes approximately. While the civil twilight begins at 7:12 A.M. and closes at 4:53 P.M., the nautical twilight starts at 6:33 A.M. and ends at 5:33 P.M. In case of astronomical twilight in Seattle, its starting time is at 5:56 A.M. and it lasts till 6:10 P.M.
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