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Current Time in Philadelphia, United States

Time and Sun Facts for Philadelphia

Local time
4:37 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
7:20 am
Sunset
6:08 pm
Day length
10 hours 48 minutes
Coordinates
39.95, -75.17

How Philadelphia Keeps Time

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

Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia at 7:20 am today and sets at 6:08 pm — 10 hours 48 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 12:44 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (39.95, -75.17), so they shift a little every day of the year.

On the two solstices, Philadelphia has about 15 hours 1 minute of daylight in June and 9 hours 20 minutes in December. The difference is about 5 hours 41 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.

At the current civil offset, Philadelphia’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 1 hour 1 minute between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 12:44 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.

Philadelphia at a Glance

Coordinates39.9500, -75.1700
IANA time zoneAmerica/New_York
Current UTC offsetUTC-4
Daylight savingObserved seasonally
Sunrise today7:20 am
Sunset today6:08 pm
Solar noon12:44 pm
Daylight today10 hours 48 minutes
Straight-line distance to Washington, D.C.198 km
Current clock difference vs Washington, D.C.Same civil time

How Philadelphia Compares with Other Cities

Read the last column as the other city relative to Philadelphia. 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 Philadelphia
London9:37 pm5 hours ahead
Los Angeles1:37 pm3 hours behind
Dubai12:37 am8 hours ahead
Karachi1:37 am9 hours ahead
Singapore4:37 am12 hours ahead
Tokyo5:37 am13 hours ahead
Sydney7:37 am15 hours ahead

Nearby Listed Cities to Philadelphia

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

CityApprox. distanceLocal time
New York130 km4:37 pm
Washington, D.C.198 km4:37 pm
Pittsburgh413 km4:37 pm
Boston436 km4:37 pm
Cleveland576 km4:37 pm

Other Cities in United States

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

CityLocal timeOffset
Albuquerque2:37 pmUTC-6
Anchorage12:37 pmUTC-8
Atlanta4:37 pmUTC-4
Austin3:37 pmUTC-5
Boise2:37 pmUTC-6
Boston4:37 pmUTC-4
Charlotte4:37 pmUTC-4
Chicago3:37 pmUTC-5
Cleveland4:37 pmUTC-4
Columbus4:37 pmUTC-4
Dallas3:37 pmUTC-5
Denver2:37 pmUTC-6
Detroit4:37 pmUTC-4
Honolulu10:37 amUTC-10
Houston3:37 pmUTC-5
Indianapolis4:37 pmUTC-4
Jacksonville4:37 pmUTC-4
Kansas City3:37 pmUTC-5
Las Vegas1:37 pmUTC-7
Los Angeles1:37 pmUTC-7
Miami4:37 pmUTC-4
Minneapolis3:37 pmUTC-5
Nashville3:37 pmUTC-5
New Orleans3:37 pmUTC-5
New York4:37 pmUTC-4
Orlando4:37 pmUTC-4
Phoenix1:37 pmUTC-7
Pittsburgh4:37 pmUTC-4
Portland1:37 pmUTC-7
Sacramento1:37 pmUTC-7
Salt Lake City2:37 pmUTC-6
San Antonio3:37 pmUTC-5
San Diego1:37 pmUTC-7
San Francisco1:37 pmUTC-7
San Jose1:37 pmUTC-7
Seattle1:37 pmUTC-7
St. Louis3:37 pmUTC-5
Tampa4:37 pmUTC-4
Washington, D.C.4:37 pmUTC-4

Questions People Ask

When does Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia 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 12:44 pm.

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