Kern County · California
Bakersfield, CA area codes and time zone
Quick answer
Bakersfield is served by area code 661, keeps PST time (GMT-7), and sits in county FIPS 06029.
- Area code
- 661Within 25 miles of the city centre
- Time zone
- PSTAmerica/Los_Angeles
- UTC offset
- GMT-7PDT in summer
- County FIPS
- 06029Kern County
Dialling from and to Bakersfield
What this means when you pick up the phone.
Local calls inside 661 may still work on seven digits, but ten-digit dialling is the safe default everywhere in the country now. From abroad, dial +1 then the ten digits.
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