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Current Time in New York, United States

Time and Sun Facts for New York

Local time
5:16 pm
Date
Saturday, 24 October 2026
Time zone
America/New_York
UTC offset
UTC-4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Next clock change
1 November 2026 — clocks go back
Sunrise
7:17 am
Sunset
6:03 pm
Day length
10 hours 46 minutes
Coordinates
40.71, -74.01

How New York Keeps Time

New York keeps EDT, UTC-4. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for New York; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.

New York runs on the America/New_York zone in the IANA time zone database, which is UTC-4 right now. The clocks change twice a year here: UTC-5 on standard time and UTC-4 while daylight saving is in force. The next change is on 1 November 2026, when clocks go back one hour.

The sun rises in New York at 7:17 am today and sets at 6:03 pm — 10 hours 46 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 12:40 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (40.71, -74.01), so they shift a little every day of the year.

On the two solstices, New York has about 15 hours 6 minutes of daylight in June and 9 hours 15 minutes in December. The difference is about 5 hours 50 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.

At the current civil offset, New York’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 56 minutes between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 12:40 pm rather than 12:00 on the clock.

EDT is one of several zones in United States, so a time quoted for the country as a whole is not necessarily the time here. Check the city rather than the country when it matters.

New York at a Glance

Coordinates40.7100, -74.0100
IANA time zoneAmerica/New_York
Current UTC offsetUTC-4
Daylight savingObserved seasonally
Sunrise today7:17 am
Sunset today6:03 pm
Solar noon12:40 pm
Daylight today10 hours 46 minutes
Straight-line distance to Washington, D.C.327 km
Current clock difference vs Washington, D.C.Same civil time

How New York Compares with Other Cities

Read the last column as the other city relative to New York. Where either place uses daylight saving, the gap changes for part of the year — the time difference calculator always shows today’s figure.

CityLocal timeCompared with New York
London10:16 pm5 hours ahead
Los Angeles2:16 pm3 hours behind
Dubai1:16 am8 hours ahead
Karachi2:16 am9 hours ahead
Singapore5:16 am12 hours ahead
Tokyo6:16 am13 hours ahead
Sydney8:16 am15 hours ahead

Nearby Listed Cities to New York

Distances are straight-line geographic distances between the coordinates used by the directory; road or rail distances will be longer.

CityApprox. distanceLocal time
Philadelphia130 km5:16 pm
Boston306 km5:16 pm
Washington, D.C.327 km5:16 pm
Pittsburgh506 km5:16 pm
Cleveland649 km5:16 pm

Other Cities in United States

United States keeps more than one zone, so these do not all read the same.

CityLocal timeOffset
Albuquerque3:16 pmUTC-6
Anchorage1:16 pmUTC-8
Atlanta5:16 pmUTC-4
Austin4:16 pmUTC-5
Boise3:16 pmUTC-6
Boston5:16 pmUTC-4
Charlotte5:16 pmUTC-4
Chicago4:16 pmUTC-5
Cleveland5:16 pmUTC-4
Columbus5:16 pmUTC-4
Dallas4:16 pmUTC-5
Denver3:16 pmUTC-6
Detroit5:16 pmUTC-4
Honolulu11:16 amUTC-10
Houston4:16 pmUTC-5
Indianapolis5:16 pmUTC-4
Jacksonville5:16 pmUTC-4
Kansas City4:16 pmUTC-5
Las Vegas2:16 pmUTC-7
Los Angeles2:16 pmUTC-7
Miami5:16 pmUTC-4
Minneapolis4:16 pmUTC-5
Nashville4:16 pmUTC-5
New Orleans4:16 pmUTC-5
Orlando5:16 pmUTC-4
Philadelphia5:16 pmUTC-4
Phoenix2:16 pmUTC-7
Pittsburgh5:16 pmUTC-4
Portland2:16 pmUTC-7
Sacramento2:16 pmUTC-7
Salt Lake City3:16 pmUTC-6
San Antonio4:16 pmUTC-5
San Diego2:16 pmUTC-7
San Francisco2:16 pmUTC-7
San Jose2:16 pmUTC-7
Seattle2:16 pmUTC-7
St. Louis4:16 pmUTC-5
Tampa5:16 pmUTC-4
Washington, D.C.5:16 pmUTC-4

Questions People Ask

When does New York next change its clocks?

The next transition is 1 November 2026. Use America/New_York in calendar software instead of pinning an event to one fixed UTC offset.

Is New York the time everywhere in United States?

No. United States currently has 6 distinct civil UTC offsets represented in the directory, so the country page separates the regions.

Why is solar noon in New York far from 12:00?

The current civil offset and the city longitude do not place mean solar noon at twelve on the clock. Today the calculated solar noon is 12:40 pm.