Current time in Philadelphia, PA
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
- PA, United States · 39.95° N, 75.16° W
- Population
- 1,573,916
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Philadelphia at about 12:01 standard time: the clock runs about 1 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:44 and 13:11 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:03 | 19:12 | 12h 09m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 05:32 | 20:32 | 15h 01m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 06:48 | 18:57 | 12h 09m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 07:18 | 16:38 | 9h 20m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:55–18:46 (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
- New York City · 130 km
- The Bronx · 150 km
- Washington · 200 km
- Toronto, Canada · 550 km
- Ottawa, Canada · 610 km
- Montréal, Canada · 630 km
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Toronto, Canada · 550 km
- Ottawa, Canada · 610 km
- Montréal, Canada · 630 km
- Nassau, Bahamas · 1,670 km
- Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands · 2,040 km
- Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands · 2,090 km