United States • Local Time
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Seattle, the Emerald City, operates on Pacific Standard Time (PST/UTC-8) in winter and PDT (UTC-7) in summer. Nestled between Puget Sound and the Cascade Mountains, Seattle is a major tech hub and cultural center of the Pacific Northwest.
DST runs second Sunday of March to first Sunday of November. Washington state passed legislation for permanent DST, awaiting federal approval.
Seattle is UTC-8 (PST) / UTC-7 (PDT). When noon in Seattle: NYC 3 PM, London 8 PM, Tokyo 5 AM (+1).
Business hours 9 AM to 5 PM. Tech culture means flexible schedules. Pike Place Market opens 9 AM to 6 PM.
Same timezone as Los Angeles and San Francisco. 3 hours behind New York, 8 hours behind London. Tech companies here influence global software release schedules.
June to September offers the best weather with long sunny days.
Tech hub home to Amazon, Microsoft (nearby), and Starbucks HQ. Highly educated population with strong Asian and Scandinavian heritage.
Oceanic with mild wet winters (4-8°C) and warm dry summers (16-24°C). Less rainy than reputation suggests - more drizzle than downpours.