Current time in New York City, NY
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
- NY, United States · 40.71° N, 74.01° W
- Population
- 8,804,190
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over New York City at about 11:56 standard time: the clock runs about 4 min behind the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:40 and 13:07 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:59 | 19:08 | 12h 09m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:25 | 20:30 | 15h 06m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 06:43 | 18:53 | 12h 09m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:16 | 16:31 | 9h 15m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:50–18:41 (11 h 51 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
- The Bronx · 20 km
- Philadelphia · 130 km
- Washington · 330 km
- Montréal, Canada · 530 km
- Ottawa, Canada · 540 km
- Toronto, Canada · 560 km
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Montréal, Canada · 530 km
- Ottawa, Canada · 540 km
- Toronto, Canada · 560 km
- Nassau, Bahamas · 1,770 km
- Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands · 2,110 km
- Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands · 2,160 km