What time is it in Manchester, Connecticut?
8:04:40 AM
Friday, September 25, 2026. Eastern Daylight Time, UTC−4:00.
- Time zone
- Eastern Daylight Time
- UTC offset
- UTC−4:00
- Daylight saving
- In force now
- Population
- 36,379
Daylight saving in Manchester
Manchester is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Manchester sits at 41.78°N, 72.52°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Manchester.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Manchester it is highest at 12:41 pm today — 41 minutes after clock noon.
At 72.5°W, Manchester sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.
Daylight in Manchester today
- Sunrise
- 6:40 am
- Sunset
- 6:42 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 1 minute
- Longest day
- 15 hours 13 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 1 minute in Manchester, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 6 hours 5 minutes, from 15 hours 13 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 8 minutes in December.
At 41.8°N that puts Manchester between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.