What time is it in Stamford, Connecticut?

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

Stamford sits at 41.08°N, 73.55°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Stamford.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Stamford it is highest at 12:45 pm today — 45 minutes after clock noon.

At 73.5°W, Stamford sits comfortably inside its zone. Daylight saving adds another hour on top until the clocks change.

Today runs 12 hours 2 minutes in Stamford, and the day is getting shorter by 3 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 5 hours 55 minutes, from 15 hours 8 minutes at the June solstice down to 9 hours 13 minutes in December.

At 41.1°N that puts Stamford between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.