diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api.proto b/esphome/components/api/api.proto
index 9707e714e7..208187d598 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api.proto
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api.proto
@@ -818,6 +818,7 @@ message GetTimeResponse {
   option (no_delay) = true;
 
   fixed32 epoch_seconds = 1;
+  string timezone = 2;
 }
 
 // ==================== USER-DEFINES SERVICES ====================
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
index 02b1d61368..99a0bc9044 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
@@ -1070,8 +1070,14 @@ void APIConnection::camera_image(const CameraImageRequest &msg) {
 
 #ifdef USE_HOMEASSISTANT_TIME
 void APIConnection::on_get_time_response(const GetTimeResponse &value) {
-  if (homeassistant::global_homeassistant_time != nullptr)
+  if (homeassistant::global_homeassistant_time != nullptr) {
     homeassistant::global_homeassistant_time->set_epoch_time(value.epoch_seconds);
+#ifdef USE_TIME_TIMEZONE
+    if (!value.timezone.empty() && value.timezone != homeassistant::global_homeassistant_time->get_timezone()) {
+      homeassistant::global_homeassistant_time->set_timezone(value.timezone);
+    }
+#endif
+  }
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
index de60ed3fdb..022ac55cf3 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.cpp
@@ -901,6 +901,16 @@ bool HomeAssistantStateResponse::decode_length(uint32_t field_id, ProtoLengthDel
   return true;
 }
 #endif
+bool GetTimeResponse::decode_length(uint32_t field_id, ProtoLengthDelimited value) {
+  switch (field_id) {
+    case 2:
+      this->timezone = value.as_string();
+      break;
+    default:
+      return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
 bool GetTimeResponse::decode_32bit(uint32_t field_id, Proto32Bit value) {
   switch (field_id) {
     case 1:
@@ -911,8 +921,14 @@ bool GetTimeResponse::decode_32bit(uint32_t field_id, Proto32Bit value) {
   }
   return true;
 }
-void GetTimeResponse::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer buffer) const { buffer.encode_fixed32(1, this->epoch_seconds); }
-void GetTimeResponse::calculate_size(ProtoSize &size) const { size.add_fixed32(1, this->epoch_seconds); }
+void GetTimeResponse::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer buffer) const {
+  buffer.encode_fixed32(1, this->epoch_seconds);
+  buffer.encode_string(2, this->timezone_ref_);
+}
+void GetTimeResponse::calculate_size(ProtoSize &size) const {
+  size.add_fixed32(1, this->epoch_seconds);
+  size.add_length(1, this->timezone_ref_.size());
+}
 #ifdef USE_API_SERVICES
 void ListEntitiesServicesArgument::encode(ProtoWriteBuffer buffer) const {
   buffer.encode_string(1, this->name_ref_);
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
index 3f2c2ea763..fd124e7bfe 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2.h
@@ -1174,11 +1174,14 @@ class GetTimeRequest final : public ProtoMessage {
 class GetTimeResponse final : public ProtoDecodableMessage {
  public:
   static constexpr uint8_t MESSAGE_TYPE = 37;
-  static constexpr uint8_t ESTIMATED_SIZE = 5;
+  static constexpr uint8_t ESTIMATED_SIZE = 14;
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
   const char *message_name() const override { return "get_time_response"; }
 #endif
   uint32_t epoch_seconds{0};
+  std::string timezone{};
+  StringRef timezone_ref_{};
+  void set_timezone(const StringRef &ref) { this->timezone_ref_ = ref; }
   void encode(ProtoWriteBuffer buffer) const override;
   void calculate_size(ProtoSize &size) const override;
 #ifdef HAS_PROTO_MESSAGE_DUMP
@@ -1187,6 +1190,7 @@ class GetTimeResponse final : public ProtoDecodableMessage {
 
  protected:
   bool decode_32bit(uint32_t field_id, Proto32Bit value) override;
+  bool decode_length(uint32_t field_id, ProtoLengthDelimited value) override;
 };
 #ifdef USE_API_SERVICES
 class ListEntitiesServicesArgument final : public ProtoMessage {
diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2_dump.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2_dump.cpp
index 1d7d315419..9795999953 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_pb2_dump.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_pb2_dump.cpp
@@ -1110,7 +1110,17 @@ void HomeAssistantStateResponse::dump_to(std::string &out) const {
 }
 #endif
 void GetTimeRequest::dump_to(std::string &out) const { out.append("GetTimeRequest {}"); }
-void GetTimeResponse::dump_to(std::string &out) const { dump_field(out, "epoch_seconds", this->epoch_seconds); }
+void GetTimeResponse::dump_to(std::string &out) const {
+  MessageDumpHelper helper(out, "GetTimeResponse");
+  dump_field(out, "epoch_seconds", this->epoch_seconds);
+  out.append("  timezone: ");
+  if (!this->timezone_ref_.empty()) {
+    out.append("'").append(this->timezone_ref_.c_str()).append("'");
+  } else {
+    out.append("'").append(this->timezone).append("'");
+  }
+  out.append("\n");
+}
 #ifdef USE_API_SERVICES
 void ListEntitiesServicesArgument::dump_to(std::string &out) const {
   MessageDumpHelper helper(out, "ListEntitiesServicesArgument");