What time is it in Bristol, Connecticut?

Bristol is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.

Bristol sits at 41.68°N, 72.94°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Bristol.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Bristol it is highest at 12:43 pm today — 43 minutes after clock noon.

At 72.9°W, Bristol sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Bristol, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 3 minutes, from 15 hours 12 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 9 minutes in December.

At 41.7°N that puts Bristol between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.