Local time · Danbury
What time is it in Danbury, Connecticut?
4:49:54AM
- Time zone
- EST
- America/New_York
- UTC offset
- −5:00
- Standard is −5:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in force
- Starts Sun, Mar 14
- Population
- 88,692
- City proper
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About this clock
Daylight saving in Danbury
Danbury is currently on standard time. The next change is Sunday, March 14, 2027, when 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.
Danbury sits at 41.40°N, 73.48°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Danbury.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Standard Time, but the sun does not. Over Danbury it is highest at 11:38 am today — 22 minutes before clock noon.
At 73.5°W, Danbury sits almost exactly on Eastern Standard Time’s 75° meridian, so on standard time the clock and the sun agree to within a few minutes.
Daylight in Danbury today
- Sunrise
- 6:40 am
- Sunset
- 4:36 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 56 minutes
- Longest day
- 15 hours 10 minutes
Today runs 9 hours 56 minutes in Danbury, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours, from 15 hours 10 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 11 minutes in December.
At 41.4°N that puts Danbury between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.