What time is it in Bartow, Florida?

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

Bartow sits at 27.89°N, 81.82°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Bartow.

The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Bartow it is highest at 1:18 pm today — 78 minutes after clock noon.

At 81.8°W, Bartow 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.

Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Bartow, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 32 minutes, from 13 hours 55 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 22 minutes in December.

At 27.9°N that puts Bartow between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.