What time is it in Erie, Colorado?
6:55:01 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Mountain Daylight Time, UTC−6:00.
- Time zone
- Mountain Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−6:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 38,594
Daylight saving in Erie
Erie is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Erie sits at 40.04°N, 105.04°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Erie.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Mountain Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Erie it is highest at 12:51 pm today — 51 minutes after clock noon.
At 105.0°W, Erie sits well toward the western edge of its zone, which is why the sun stays up later here than the clock suggests. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Erie today
- Sunrise
- 6:51 am
- Sunset
- 6:52 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 1 minute
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Erie, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 42 minutes, from 15 hours 1 minute at the June solstice down to 9 hours 19 minutes in December.
At 40.0°N that puts Erie between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.