Current time in Detroit, MI
Eastern Time
UTC−04:00- Time zone
- Eastern Time · America/Detroit
- UTC offset now
- UTC−04:00 EDT
- Abbreviation
- EST / EDT
- Daylight saving
- Forward the second Sunday in March at 02:00, back the first Sunday in November at 02:00.
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 02:00 (EDT → EST).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- MI, United States · 42.33° N, 83.05° W
- Population
- 645,705
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Detroit at about 12:32 standard time: the clock runs about 32 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:16 and 13:43 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:35 | 19:44 | 12h 09m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:55 | 21:12 | 15h 17m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 07:19 | 19:29 | 12h 10m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:58 | 17:02 | 9h 05m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 07:27–19:17 (11 h 50 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Toronto, Canada · 330 km
- Chicago · 380 km · clock 1 h behind
- Indianapolis · 390 km
- Louisville · 510 km
- Vincennes · 550 km
- Washington · 630 km
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Toronto, Canada · 330 km
- Ottawa, Canada · 680 km
- Montréal, Canada · 840 km
- Nassau, Bahamas · 1,990 km
- Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands · 2,500 km
- Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands · 2,570 km