What time is it in Boca Raton, Florida?
8:04:16 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
- 102,238
Daylight saving in Boca Raton
Boca Raton is currently on daylight saving time. The next change is Sunday, November 1, 2026, when 2:00 am becomes 1:00 am local time.
Boca Raton sits at 26.37°N, 80.10°W. For sunrise and sunset there — which do depend on exactly where it is, unlike the clock — see sunrise and sunset in Boca Raton.
Clock time against sun time
The clock says the same thing everywhere in Eastern Daylight Time, but the sun does not. Over Boca Raton it is highest at 1:12 pm today — 72 minutes after clock noon.
At 80.1°W, Boca Raton 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 Boca Raton today
- Sunrise
- 7:10 am
- Sunset
- 7:13 pm
- Day length
- 12 hours 3 minutes
- Longest day
- 13 hours 48 minutes
Today runs 12 hours 3 minutes in Boca Raton, and the day is getting shorter by 2 minutes a day. Across the year it swings 3 hours 19 minutes, from 13 hours 48 minutes at the June solstice down to 10 hours 29 minutes in December.
At 26.4°N that puts Boca Raton between Kailua at 2 hours 22 minutes and Fairbanks at 18 hours 9 minutes.