What time is it in Apopka, Florida?
8:04:00 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
- 62,777
Daylight saving in Apopka
Apopka is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Apopka sits at 28.70°N, 81.53°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Apopka.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Apopka it is highest at 1:17 pm today — 77 minutes after clock noon.
At 81.5°W, Apopka 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 Apopka today
- Sunrise
- 7:16 am
- Sunset
- 7:19 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 13 hours 58 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Apopka, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 40 minutes, from 13 hours 58 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 19 minutes in December.
At 28.7°N that puts Apopka between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.