Current time in Jacksonville, FL
Eastern Time
UTC−04:00- Time zone
- Eastern Time · America/New_York
- 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
- FL, United States · 30.33° N, 81.66° W
- Population
- 1,009,833
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Jacksonville at about 12:27 standard time: the clock runs about 27 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:10 and 13:37 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:30 | 19:38 | 12h 08m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:25 | 20:31 | 14h 06m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 07:15 | 19:23 | 12h 08m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:19 | 17:30 | 10h 11m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 07:19–19:14 (11 h 55 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
- Nassau, Bahamas · 720 km
- Havana, Cuba · 800 km
- Louisville · 960 km
- Washington · 1,040 km
- Vincennes · 1,070 km
- Indianapolis · 1,130 km
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Nassau, Bahamas · 720 km
- Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands · 1,340 km
- Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands · 1,440 km
- Toronto, Canada · 1,500 km
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti · 1,610 km
- Ottawa, Canada · 1,760 km